Table 1 Independent and control...

Table 1

Independent and control variables

Variables	Operationalization	Sources
$B i l a t e r a l T r a d e_{i, t}$	Log of the annual trade between state $i$ and China in year $t$ ⁠, (constant 2015 USD)	IMF^[1]
$N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's mineral rents (share of GDP) in year $t$	WDI^[2]
$P r e f e r e n c e A f f i n i t y_{i, t}$	Difference in their ideal points based on UNGA votes in year $t$	Voeten et al. ^[3]
$P o l i t i c a l R e g i m e_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's polity score in year $t$	Polity V ^[6]
$R e c i p i e n t s^{'} G D P P C_{i, t}$	Log of state $i$ 's GDP Per Capita in year $t$ (constant 2015 USD)	WDI^[2]
$R e c i p i e n t P o p u l a t i o n_{i, t}$	Log of state $i$ 's total population in year $t$	WDI^[3]
$G o v^{'} t E f f e c t i v e n e s s_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's government effectiveness indicator in year $t$	WGI^[4]
$D i s t a n c e_{i}$	Log of the distance (in km) between state $i$ 's capital and Beijing	GeoDist^[5]

Variables	Operationalization	Sources
$B i l a t e r a l T r a d e_{i, t}$	Log of the annual trade between state $i$ and China in year $t$ , (constant 2015 USD)	IMF^[1]
$N a t u r a l R e s o u r c e s_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's mineral rents (share of GDP) in year $t$	WDI^[2]
$P r e f e r e n c e A f f i n i t y_{i, t}$	Difference in their ideal points based on UNGA votes in year $t$	Voeten et al. ^[3]
$P o l i t i c a l R e g i m e_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's polity score in year $t$	Polity V ^[6]
$R e c i p i e n t s^{'} G D P P C_{i, t}$	Log of state $i$ 's GDP Per Capita in year $t$ (constant 2015 USD)	WDI^[2]
$R e c i p i e n t P o p u l a t i o n_{i, t}$	Log of state $i$ 's total population in year $t$	WDI^[3]
$G o v^{'} t E f f e c t i v e n e s s_{i, t}$	State $i$ 's government effectiveness indicator in year $t$	WGI^[4]
$D i s t a n c e_{i}$	Log of the distance (in km) between state $i$ 's capital and Beijing	GeoDist^[5]

Source(s): [1] The IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics, available at https://data.imf.org/regular.aspx?key=61726507; [2] The World Bank, The World Development Indicator, available at http://www.worldbank.org; [3] The United Nations General Assembly Voting Data (version 19.0), available at https://dataverse.harvard.edu; [4] The Worldwide Governance Indicators, available at https://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home; [5] The GeoDist Dataset, available at http://www.cepii.fr/cepii/en/bdd_modele/bdd.asp; [6] The Center for Systemic Peace, The Polity Project, available at http://www.systemicpeace.org

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