Chinese City System Formation and Globalization

1. Chinese City System Formation and Globalization Xiulian Ma Sociology Department, The University of Utah Xiulian.ma@soc.utah.edu

2. China: The Context

3. Research Questions • How has the Chinese city system changed since 1978? • What is the impact of globalization on the Chinese city system change?

4. Outline • 1. The World System Theory and My Contesting Argument • 2. Three Hypotheses • 3. Research Design • 4. Results • 5 Conclusion/Discussion

5. 1. The World System Theory International factors: (World-system position, transnational corporate penetration) Intranational Factors (Class structure, state policy) + + + Third World Urban Pattern

6. 1. My Argument International factors: (transnational corporate penetration, world-system position) + Intranational Factors (state policy and national context) + - Third World Urban Pattern

7. Primacy Disarticulation Slope –1 Line

8. 2. Three Hypotheses

9. 3. Research Design Data Air passengers flow among 43 largest cities in China (1992, 1995, 2000, and 2003)

10. Results_H1: Global Centrality/PrimacyFigure 1. A Star Network

11. 4. Results_H1: Global Centrality/Primacy

12. 4. Results_H2: Blockmodeling/Disarticulation

13. 4. Results_H3: Longitudinal Modeling/Globalization • The utility function • The rate function

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15. 5 Conclusion/ Discussion • 1. The Chinese City System further deviates from one-city primacy. • 2. The Chinese city system became better structurally connected and articulated. • 3. Globalization has limited effect on city network change in China. • These provide evidence to support our argument that-- The national Context, esp. the state, is much more important than international forces. This prevent China’s emergence as a Third World city-system pattern.

16. Thank You! Xiulian.ma@soc.utah.edu