Replication Data for Chinese Police Training and FDI Abroad

Replication data for the paper 'Guarding economic interests abroad: FDI, political instability, and the proliferation of Chinese police training.' The package includes a dataset in Stata format, a Stata do-file for statistical analyses, and supplementary materials with figures and tables. The data was authored by Sae-Phoo, Lin and is hosted by Harvard Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Replicate statistical analyses on the relationship between Chinese foreign direct investment and police training abroad based on the provided do-file.
• Study the association between political instability in host countries and the provision of Chinese police training.
• Analyze the proliferation of Chinese police training programs as a foreign policy tool.
• Examine supplementary figures and tables generated from the research process for methodological insights.

Strengths

• Includes a complete replication package with dataset, analysis code, and supplementary materials.
• Hosted on the Harvard Dataverse platform, which suggests a degree of institutional curation.
• The associated research paper provides a specific theoretical and analytical context for the data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Data compiled for academic research, likely from official and secondary sources.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 11:07:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers countries where China has foreign direct investment and provides police training.