contrasts diaspora politics in China and India, two key contemporary rising powers. China and India have large diaspora …-depth comparative case studies as the testing method. Comparisons across China and India allow us to isolate causal effects of democracy … West, in Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. The overseas Chinese have played a key role in the economic development of China …

profitability of foreign direct investments made by overseas Chinese in China. Our paper takes advantage of a large dataset-over 50 …,000 firms over a period of eight years-that is comprised of two types of foreign firms with investments in China-those owned by … ethnic ties on the aggregate volume of trade or the effects of ethnic ties on foreign direct investment (FDI) at the country …