The notion that China is the factory of the world is now changing. Factories in China are shifting their production … base to neighbouring Asia, primarily because of higher input costs in China, a volatile Chinese exchange rate and … protectionist measures targeted against Chinese exports. In this article, we examine the location substitution effect for China …

China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and argues that there is no shortage of national and …Has the growing pro-environment rhetoric in ASEAN-China relations resulted in the effective mainstreaming of … environmental issue into trade agreements and multilateral cooperation frameworks? The article discusses the cases of the ASEAN …

stands to gain from this decision. For our analysis, we consider the case of China’s trade, and investment relation in the …The objective of this paper is to understand ‘why’ the Chinese firms are investing outside China, and ‘how’ China … Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS). We find that a reason for the Chinese firms to invest in the GMS has to do with higher …

The notion about China being factory of the world is changing. Factories in China are shifting their production base to … neighboring Asia, primarily because of higher input costs in China, a volatile Chinese exchange rate, Chinese exports being … increasingly targeted by its major trading partners, and a fall in price-competitiveness in producing in mainland China. We examine …

Since the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) program began in 1992, activities have expanded and flourished. The three … distribution of population and income, population pyramids of member countries, and trade relations of member economies. …