Karl Ho
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Events and data
Karl Ho
School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences
University of Texas at Dallas
Political Economy of East Asia
Announcements
11/15/2021
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Final presentation and project arrangement
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Voluntary presentations on 11/29
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Final presentations on 12/1
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Final project due on 12/8
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Please check on syllabus:
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Document guideline
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APSA Style manual
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Extended office hours to assist with final projects
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11/29 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
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11/30 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
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12/1 10:30 pm to 3:00 pm
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Announcements
11/1/2021
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Progress report due: 11/10
News
11/1/2021
How to succeed in class (or in general)?
11/1/2021
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First and foremost
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Be there, IN PERSON
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Why I have to come to class?
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You will not miss anything (due dates, quiz, materials for anything that is related to your grade and ultimate success in this class.
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Ready yourself
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Cheatsheets
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Build your reputation
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Stay urged
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Be eager to succeed if you want to succeed
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Events
10/25/2021
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"Researching Chinese Social Media Data: A Decade Review" by Kingwah, Fu, University of Hong Kong
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News
10/25/2021
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
News
10/25/2021
- Government policies have distorted the land market
- Fixed tax rate means limited income for local government
- Over-dependency on land sale and real estate market for income (46% in 2020)
- China’s fiscal policies leave local governments with few options
- Capital control limits venues for investment: leaving real estate market the primary target
- Hong Kong is the model to prosperity and also inferiority.
Events
10/20/2021
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"Getting the Politics Right in Election Research" by Christopher Achen, Princeton University
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"Researching Chinese Social Media Data: A Decade Review" by Kingwah, Fu, University of Hong Kong
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SDAR exchange program (forthcoming)
Events
10/18/2021
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Japan elections looming
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Parliament called Diet, Prussia term
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"Squid Game" netted $900 millions
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46 death tolls in Taiwan fire exposes legal and infrastructure problems
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China's supersonic missile
Data sources
1. East Asia's GDP Annual Growth Rates
2. Global Competitiveness Index
- World Economic Forum Reports (2005-2021)
3. ADB Data Library
4. United Nation Human Development Index
- University of California, Davis
- University of Groningen
10/18/2021
Data sources
- Specialized Datasets
- Global Investment Tracker by American Enterprise Institute
- AIDDATA
- https://www.aiddata.org/chinahttps://www.aiddata.org/china
- PolityIV
- Transparency Index (Corruption Perception Index)
10/18/2021
Events
- Republic of China/Taiwan National Day 10/10
- CNN
- BBC
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Guardian
- Aljazeera: China's response
- China vows to
- Will China invade Taiwan? When?
- China or People's Republic of China National Day is 10/1
10/11/2021
China: Regulated use of power
10/4/2021
- Red: basically black out
- Purple: regulated outage
- Yunnan: Since May
- Guangdong: No elevator use below 3/F
- Guangxi: AC for some region only
Political economy of energy
Analysis:
- Global left turn since 2000
- Promotion of new energy
- fuel energy restrictions
- Structural change of fuel use
10/4/2021
10/4/2021
Oil production by region (million barrels daily)
Oil consumption by region (million barrels daily)
Source: bp.com
10/4/2021
Coal production by region (Exajoules (EJ))
Coal consumption by region (EJ)
Source: bp.com
Coal prices
10/4/2021
Class announcements
- Thank you to all groups and coordinators who have submitted the proposals
- Schedule a time to meet with instructor on Teams
9/27/2021
Class announcements
- Get ready with:
- Proposal process (due 9/22)
- How to prepare for quiz
- All group coordinators: if you have yet to do so, please send group information to instructor (coordinator name, member names)
9/20/2021
Prepare for class 4 Review
- Assigned Reading:
- Wan, Chapter 4 Modern Imperialism
- Read:
- Is China a New Colonial Power? (The Diplomat)
- Google exercise:
- What is AIIB? Who are the founding members?
- What countries are not in AIIB?
9/20/2021
Politics of fruits
9/20/2021
Source: AP
- China's ban of imported fruits from Taiwan considered hostile
- Taiwan, like Japan, is well known for popular tropical fruits.
- Wax apple
- Custard/sugar apple
- Pineapple
9/22/2021
- State and Market, which is the last man standing?
Class announcements
- All group coordinators: please send group information to instructor (coordinator name, member names)
- Get familiarize with:
- Proposal process
- How to prepare for quiz
- Pecha Kucha
9/13/2021
China's bubble about to burst?
9/13/2021
Class announcements
- Proposal due date: 9/22
- How to prepare research proposal
9/8/2021
Document guideline (on syllabus)
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All documents in this class must adhere to the following general guidelines:
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Submit electronic document to instructor’s email in PDF format (NO Word or GoogleDoc)
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With group coordinator name and content on file name:
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E.g. smith_progressreport1.pdf, doe_finalproject.pdf
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on letter size paper
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one inch on all margins
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NO submission using link to cloud or online drive (e.g. Google drive, box.com) 12-point font
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Following the APSA style and format is mandatory (see recommended reading).
9/8/2021
- Why matter?
- China's main source of aluminum (55%)
- China's investment and trade top $50 billions
- Supply chain interrupted
- Aluminum hike (16%): Reuter
- Other metals/mines: iron, diamond
- COVID impacts on supply chain: copper (Chile), iron (Australia), coal (Australia), freights and cargo containers
- China's energy dependency (e.g. 72% on import)
9/8/2021
Source: Forbes 07-07-2020
- Why matter?
- China's main source of aluminum (55%)
- China's investment and trade top $50 billions
- Supply chain interrupted
- Aluminum hike (16%): Reuter
- Other metals/mines: iron, diamond
- COVID impacts on supply chain: copper (Chile), iron (Australia), coal (Australia), freights and cargo containers
- China's energy dependency (e.g. 72% on import)
9/8/2021
Source: Forbes 07-07-2020
Taiwan opposition party
- Major opposition party Kuomintang "dis-alignment"
- Chairman election:
- Who will run for president in 2024?
- 35% of "Pan-blue" supporters
- Key issue: China, to be or not to be
9/8/2021
Source: Forbes 07-07-2020
Class announcements
8/30/2021
George Soros on China
- Soros: Xi does not understand how markets operate.
- Evergrande
- Realtor companies
- Tutoring industry
- Entertainment
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Game
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Only three hours
per week
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Only three hours
8/30/2021
Source: Bloomberg
- more than 355% of global GDP
- France, Spain and Greece were among the sharpest increase
- China, Turkey, Korea and UAE in emerging markets
8/25/2021
- $4-10 trillion
- ~ three times of GDP
- Housing market
- Corporate debts
- Visible hand
8/25/2021
A note on news sources
- China
- South China Morning Post
- People's Daily
- Global Times
- Al Jazeera
- US sources
- Taiwan
- Taipei Times
- Taiwan Liberty Times
- South Korea: Yonhap
- Japan
8/25/2021
Political Economy of East Asia: Events and Data
By Karl Ho
