1. Appendix material for: A new resource curse? Impacts of China’s boom on comparative advantage and resource dependence in Southeast Asia

2. Source data for Figure 1

3. Metadata for Table 5 The Corruption Perception Index is compiled annually by Transparency International, “a global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption, brings people together in a powerful worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women and children around the world. “. The CPI ranks more than 150 countries in terms of perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys. For details, see http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi.http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi The Quality of Public Institutions subindex of the Global Competitiveness Index is compiled by the World Economic Forum, “an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas”) from survey data containing responses to 8 questions covering judicial independence, government neutrality in award of contracts, corruption in selection and award of government contracts, role of organized crime in business, and waste in public spending. For full details see www.weforum.org/gcr, and especially the document “Composition of the growth competitiveness index.” available at http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/GCR_05_06/Composit ion_of_the_Growth_Competitiveness_Index.www.weforum.org/gcr http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/GCR_05_06/Composit ion_of_the_Growth_Competitiveness_Index

4. Area harvested: Oil Palm

5. Area harvested: Coffee

6. Area harvested: Natural Rubber

7. Production: Shrimp

8. Source data summary: plantation crops

9. Source data summary: shrimp