Asian issues vol. 7, no. 1/2021
Giovanni Nicotera - Development, Risks and Implications of the Second Cold War between China and the West
Abstract
Relations between the United States and China are rapidly deteriorating. Unlike in the past, the US will not be appeased by generic promises and limited concessions. The only thing that binds together an otherwise divided country is the aversion to Beijing, now identified as an existential threat to the US and to the world order established in 1945. The issues dividing the two worlds are too many and each of them could cause relations to further deteriorate with the risk that a cold war becomes hot. This situation seems with almost no way out, with America pretending drastic changes in the way Beijing runs the economy and deal with its neighbours, and the CCP showing no intention to change its course. Countries cannot hide anymore and are now required to choose on what side they are on and act consequently by aligning national and international policies to match the alliance they will choose.
Keywords: Second Cold War, Unipolarity, Bipolarity, Geopolitics.
Relations between the United States and China are rapidly deteriorating. Unlike in the past, the US will not be appeased by generic promises and limited concessions. The only thing that binds together an otherwise divided country is the aversion to Beijing, now identified as an existential threat to the US and to the world order established in 1945. The issues dividing the two worlds are too many and each of them could cause relations to further deteriorate with the risk that a cold war becomes hot. This situation seems with almost no way out, with America pretending drastic changes in the way Beijing runs the economy and deal with its neighbours, and the CCP showing no intention to change its course. Countries cannot hide anymore and are now required to choose on what side they are on and act consequently by aligning national and international policies to match the alliance they will choose.
Keywords: Second Cold War, Unipolarity, Bipolarity, Geopolitics.
Lin Xiaoyan - Research on the Influence of Housing Prices on Urban Agglomeration: An Empirical Test Based on Panel Data of 35 Large and Medium-Sized Cities in China
Abstract
The city is an intertwined network system constructed in limited space by economic markets such as housing, labour, land, and transportation. The emergence of the city is a sign of human civilization and a high-level form of human life. The development of cities plays an important role in the regional and national economy. This paper aims to investigate the influencing factors of urban agglomeration from the perspective of economic agglomeration and population agglomeration. This paper selects 35 large and medium-sized cities in China as research samples and uses system GMM for regression analysis. The regression results of the full sample indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between housing price and economic agglomeration and an inverted U-shaped relationship between housing price and population agglomeration. To further investigate the impact of housing prices on different regions and different real estate policy periods, this paper also uses sub-samples to conduct regression respectively. It is found that in different policy periods, the impact of housing prices on urban agglomeration is also different. No matter before or after strict regulation, housing price is negatively correlated with economic agglomeration. After strict regulation on the real estate market, the influence of housing prices on economic agglomeration decreases. What’s more, during the period of strict regulation, the impact of housing prices on population agglomeration in mid-western cities is greater than that in eastern cities.
Keywords: Housing prices; Economic Agglomeration; Population Agglomeration; Real Estate Regulation Policy
The city is an intertwined network system constructed in limited space by economic markets such as housing, labour, land, and transportation. The emergence of the city is a sign of human civilization and a high-level form of human life. The development of cities plays an important role in the regional and national economy. This paper aims to investigate the influencing factors of urban agglomeration from the perspective of economic agglomeration and population agglomeration. This paper selects 35 large and medium-sized cities in China as research samples and uses system GMM for regression analysis. The regression results of the full sample indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between housing price and economic agglomeration and an inverted U-shaped relationship between housing price and population agglomeration. To further investigate the impact of housing prices on different regions and different real estate policy periods, this paper also uses sub-samples to conduct regression respectively. It is found that in different policy periods, the impact of housing prices on urban agglomeration is also different. No matter before or after strict regulation, housing price is negatively correlated with economic agglomeration. After strict regulation on the real estate market, the influence of housing prices on economic agglomeration decreases. What’s more, during the period of strict regulation, the impact of housing prices on population agglomeration in mid-western cities is greater than that in eastern cities.
Keywords: Housing prices; Economic Agglomeration; Population Agglomeration; Real Estate Regulation Policy
Kiyohide Yamaya* Hate Speech and Social Structure in Japan: Who and Why Does “Hate Speech”?
Abstract
Hate speech in Japan changes the social connection between each other as serious as
other countries. The particularity of Hate speech in Japan has two dimensions in this article.
One is the modern history of Japan. It means that hate speech has rooted towards Korean
people who have lived in Japan since the early 20th century or after the Second World
War. Another one is the thought. It means that the problem of hate speech hardly begins to
surface because it is broadly believed that the idea which Japan is a homogenous nation.
This article mentions the background of hate speech and argues that hate speech leads to
a divided society
Keywords: Hate speech, ethnic, Zaitokukai, Korean