Hong Kong under Chinese sovereignty: Economic relations with Mainland China, 1978-2007

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 326-340

  Shen, Jianfa ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

"Front shop and back factory" model; Air cargo; China; Container throughput; Exports; FDI; Guangdong; Hong Kong; Imports; Logistics; Outsourcing; Pearl River Delta; Re exports; Shenzhen; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC RELATIONS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SOVEREIGNTY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; SHENZHEN; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 48249086514     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.49.3.326     Document Type: Review

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