to China. In order to account for the potential endogeneity of meetings with the Dalai Lama, the number of Tibet Support … ; Exports to China ; Tibet ; Dalai Lama …Is political compliance a precondition for healthy trade relations with China? The Chinese government frequently …

will be met with animosity and ultimately harm trade ties with China. We run a gravity model of exports to China from 159 … partner countries between 1991 and 2008 to test to which extent bilateral tensions affect trade with autocratic China. In … order to account for the potential endogeneity of meetings with the Dalai Lama, the number of Tibet Support Groups and the …

importers. Using monthly trade data from China Customs covering imports of machinery and transport equipment from 173 countries …