“…Work at the country level (e.g. Fukasaku et al, 2011) has revealed greater country integration in Asia as a result of the fragmentation of production. Further, outcomes of an interregional input-output (IRIO) model for China (see Pei et al, 2011) have shown that the position of regions in the interregional and international supply chain is 18.10 Total interzonal Type II multipliers, Chicago, 2000 strongly related to the level of their income per capita.…”