UCLA Center for East Asian Studies
In 1997, U.S. direct investment in China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan totalled $8.7 billion. The pie chart below shows that more than half of this amount went to Hong Kong investments. Of course, much of this was an indirect investment into China proper.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, March 12, 1998
Last Updated on 6/22/98
By Clayton Dube
Email: cdube@isop.ucla.edu