FDI Flows, Expatriates and Liveability: A Case Study of Koreans in Suzhou, China

Abstract

The expansion of expatriates has been associated with multinational corporations’ offshore production strategies. Liveable built environments can attract and/or, at least, retain these expatriate workers in the host city. If expatriate workers accompany their family members, the quality of built environments would be more important in their decision to come to the host city. This chapter investigates how FDI flows are associated with human capital flows with a case study of Koreans in Suzhou, China. This research completed a survey with Korean residents to discover their perception on liveability in that host city. Koreans have emerged as the largest foreign national population in Suzhou, al..