This paper outlines and applies a methodology for testing the hypothesis, put forward by Chinese metallurgical industry officials, that steel imports into China during the period 1992-1996 were exuberant or "blind". Domestic Chinese industrialists, who had a vested interest in protecting the...

The study utilises survey data on 1000 households in rural China to investigate sources of disparities in factor productivities for rice, wheat and maize in different provinces. The effects of natural endowments are emphasised. It is found that for respective crops, the level of factor...

China's fishery production has increased dramatically since 1979. Its per capita fishery products has risen from well below world average to above it. For the rapid growth of fishery production, the price of fishery products has been quite stable compared to other food prices. So fishery...

China's international trade in ferrous and non-ferrous metals products is not risk free. Of course, international trade is never entirely risk free, and practitioners are naturally concerned to adopt measures to mitigate risks. In practice, Documentary credits (otherwise known as letters of...

Energy security is of increasing concern to China. This arises from the rapid growth and non-substitutability of China's energy demand, the perceptible downturn in China's energy production, and competition for energy imports from neighbouring East Asian economies. This paper explores some of...