The Chinese authorities have launched a range of policies and incentives at the national and regional level to attract citizens who have studied and worked abroad to return in order to contribute to upgrading the competitiveness of the Chinese economy, particularly in light of China's entrance...

Despite the central role of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in global parts and components trade, most previous studies on the PRC's parts and components trade have been limited to a particular trade partner or some specific industries. The central objective of this paper is to provide a...

Using highly disaggregated, Harmonized System (HS) 8-digit, product-category level data collected by the People's Republic of China's (PRC) Customs Office for 2000 and 2008, we perform an in-depth anatomy of the PRC's trade in manufactured goods. First, we distinguish between foreign firms and...