Replication Data for: China’s Rise - Threat or Opportunity? The Pacifying Effect of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment on American Threat Perceptions

What drives mass attitudes toward China? Scholars have written extensively on the
political consequences of China’s recent integration into the world economy. Yet we
lack causal empirical evidence on the relationship between China’s rising outward investment and perceptions toward China. I exploit foreign direct investment (FDI)’s agglomeration tendency to identify the effect of Chinese FDI on American views of China as a threat. I show that the announcement of Chinese greenfield FDI projects lessens concerns about China due to economic sociotropic considerations: Chinese greenfield FDI is believed to generate economic benefits broadcast to the public by the local news media. By contrast, Chinese takeovers of American companies, which do not stimulate the labor market, are not associated with a decline in threat perceptions. Findings are robust to controls for other political and economic conditions such as trade shocks from China and are mediated by respondents’ attachment to national identity.

是什么塑造了大众对中国的态度？学者们已就中国近年融入世界经济所带来的政治影响展开了大量研究。然而，针对中国对外投资规模扩张与外界对华认知之间的因果关系，目前仍缺乏基于实证的可靠证据。本研究依托外商直接投资（Foreign Direct Investment, FDI）的集聚特性，识别中国对外直接投资对美国人对华威胁感知的影响效应。研究表明，中国绿地投资项目的公告会因社会取向的经济考量而降低公众对中国的担忧：这类投资可创造经济收益，并通过当地新闻媒体向大众传播。相较而言，中国收购美国企业的行为并不会刺激当地劳动力市场，因此并未与威胁感知的下降产生关联。研究结果在控制了对华贸易冲击等其他政治与经济条件后依然稳健，且该效应受受访者的国家身份认同程度所中介。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集为研究中国对外直接投资（FDI）对美国民众对华威胁感知影响的复现数据，属于社会科学领域。研究发现，中国绿地FDI项目通过当地媒体报道的经济效益降低美国民众对中国的威胁感知，而中国收购美国公司则无此效应；数据包括代码、文本和表格文件，支持研究结果的验证与复现。