CLUSTER ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION OF CHINA’S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADING NETWORK
Centrality analysis is an important in the study of international trading network.Cluster analysis is used here to explore centrality results and to obtain different collections of countries.Data indicated that EU and USA play a crucial role in world trade.But developing countries such as China and India cannot be ignored in recent years.The intuitive data presented here allow us to better understand world trade patterns and to facilitate horizontal comparison for scholars,and to provides more realistic reference basis for policy makers.
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