-2010 transition periods for China's primary trade partners. We disentangle total intra-industry trade into vertical intra … estimations suggest that China's HIIT is more likely to emerge with countries that are similar than with those that are different …. Conversely, China's VIIT happens more with different rather than with similar countries. And in the intra-industry trade, the …

This paper analyzes dynamic changes of China's intra-industry trade with its major trading partners, Japan and the US … empirical results show that, while shares of China's intra-industry trade with both Japan and U.S rose substantially, its intra … indicates that Japanese direct investment in China performed a significant role in enhancing intra-industry trade between Japan …