In this paper we compare and contrast the determinants of outward direct investment from China with those from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. We examine both descriptively as well as econometrically the various motives and factors behind the investment abroad from these four Asian economies. The...

China's trade has three features: high incidence of re-exports through Hong Kong, high degree of trade related to foreign investment, and large amount of `illegal' trade. Re-exports occur when imports to Hong Kong are consigned to a buyer in Hong Kong, who adds a markup, and exports the goods...

This paper discusses the nature and determinants of trade of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, a region often called "Greater China." Trade between Hong Kong and China is characterized by at least two features: re-exports and outward processing. China is both the largest source and largest...