Note: The report is based on Overview. In World Investment Report 2014, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, June 24, 2014.
unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/wir2014_overview_en.pdf
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“For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include those for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR), Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) and Taiwan Province of China.” Note (the first page of teh text)
“Figure 2. FDI inflow: top 20 host economies, 2012 and 2013 (Billions of dollars): China 123 [2013] and 121 [2012], Hong Kong, China 77 [2013] and 75 [2012]" page 4 (Taiwan not in Top 20, which is not surprising because for decades Taiwan has been a net exporter of capital)
“Figure 3. FDI outflow: top 20 host economies, 2012 and 2013 (Billions of dollars): US 338 [2013] and 367 [2012], Japan 136 [2013] and 123 [2012], China 101 [2013] and 88 [2012], Hong Kong, China 92 [2013] and 88 [2012], Taiwan Province of China 14 [2013] and 13 [2012])” page 5
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