This article examines the determinants of U.S. and Japanese direct investment in China using the regional data set from 1991 to 1997. The level of local GDP affects significantly the inflow of investment from both sources. Policy variables are also found to have significant positive effects on...

This paper provides a simple comparative analysis of Japanese and U.S. trade with China. In recent years, Japanese exports to China had been growing faster than U.S. exports, but Japanese imports from China had been growing more slowly. A large amount of U.S. and Japanese exports were first...