Preface: The umbrella king -- How "Mao's China" became the "factory to the world" -- Taiwan's "economic miracle" -- "Second spring" : Taiwan's traditional manufacturers discover mainland China -- From SME to ODM : Taiwan's integration into global manufacturing networks -- The 1990s : from...

The year 2015 marked the first time North Korea's trade with China shrank since 2009. According to China Customs, North Korea's trade with China in 2015 recorded 5.4 billion, a drop by 14.7% from 6.4 billion in 2014. Exports to China recorded 2.5 billion, 12.6% lower than the 2.8 billion in...

While Korea since several decades promotes an infrastructure project called "iron silk road", to link it with European markets, but also to integrate North Korea more into the world economy, these ideas largely ended nowhere. Instead, the Chinese proposal of the "One Belt, one Road" (short BRI)...