Focuses on the recent surge of foreign and Taiwan investment to mainland China's coastal provinces. The 15 papers presented in this text provide data on the emerging pattern of East Asian investments in China and an understanding of the mistakes of early investors.

Chapter 1 Direct Foreign Investment in China: An Introduction, Michael G. Plummet, Manuel F. Montes; Part I Chinese Perspectives on Investment and Reform; Chapter 2 China's Economic Growth and the General Trend of Reform, Li Wuwei; Chapter 3 Economic Reform and Opening in China, Shi Min; Chapter 4 On American Direct Investment in China, Zhang Zhongli, Ding Yi; Part II Hong Kong Investment in China; Chapter 5 Hong Kong Investment in South China, Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok; Chapter 6 Political Determinants of Direct Investment in Mainland China, Alvin Y. So; Part III Taiwan Investment in China; Chapter 7 The Growth of Foreign and Taiwan Investment in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, Wei Sung Shou, Lishui Zhu; Chapter 8 Political Uncertainty and Taiwan's Investment in Xiamen's Special Economic Zone, Sumner J. La Croix, Yibo Xu; Chapter 9 The Pattern and Impact of Taiwan's Investment in Mainland China, Lee-in Chen Chiu; Chapter 10 Taiwan's Involvement in Jiangsu Province: Some Evidence from Joint-Venture Case Studies, Richard Pomfret; Part IV South Korean Investment in China; Chapter 11 China and South Korea in a New Triangle, Hong Yung Lee; Chapter 12 Korean Direct Investment in China: Perspectives of Korean Investors, Si Joong Kim; Chapter 13 Structural Changes in the Korean Economy and Korean Investment in China and ASEAN, Keun Lee; Chapter 14 Making Toys in China: Case Study of a Sino-South Korean Joint Venture, Karen Eggleston Lee; Part V Epilogue; Chapter 15 China and the NIEs in the Post-GATT World: An Epilogue, Shelley M. Mark, Won Bae Kim;