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

  • Final presentation and project arrangement

    • Voluntary presentations on 11/29

    • Final presentations on 12/1

    • Final project due on 12/8 

    • Please check on syllabus:

      • Document guideline

      • APSA Style manual

  • Extended office hours to assist with final projects

    • 11/29 10:30 am to 3:30 pm

    • 11/30 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

    • 12/1 10:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Announcements

11/1/2021

  • Progress report due: 11/10

News

11/1/2021

  • China Uses Fake U.S. Aircraft Carrier for Missile Target Practice

How to succeed in class (or in general)?

11/1/2021

  1. First and foremost

    1. Be there, IN PERSON

      • Why I have to come to class?

        1. You will not miss anything (due dates, quiz, materials for anything that is related to your grade and ultimate success in this class.

    2. Ready yourself

      1. Cheatsheets

      2. Build your reputation

    3. Stay urged

      1. Be eager to succeed if you want to succeed

Events

10/25/2021

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

  • Data Analytics Colloquium

    • "Getting the Politics Right in Election Research" by Christopher Achen, Princeton University

    • "Researching Chinese Social Media Data: A Decade Review" by Kingwah, Fu, University of Hong Kong

  • SDAR exchange program (forthcoming)

Events

10/18/2021

Data sources

1. East Asia's GDP Annual Growth Rates 

2. Global Competitiveness Index

3. ADB Data Library

4. United Nation Human Development Index

5. Penn World Table

 

 

10/18/2021

Data sources

10/18/2021

Events

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:

  1. Global left turn since 2000
    1. Promotion of new energy 
    2. fuel energy restrictions 
      1. 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

  1. Assigned Reading:
    1. Wan, Chapter 4 Modern Imperialism
  2. Read:
    1. Is China a New Colonial Power? (The Diplomat)
  3. Google exercise:
    1. What is AIIB? Who are the founding members?
    2. 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

What Does Evergrande Meltdown Mean for China?

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

9/8/2021

Document guideline (on syllabus)

  • All documents in this class must adhere to the following general guidelines:

    • Submit electronic document to instructor’s email in PDF format (NO Word or GoogleDoc)

    • With group coordinator name and content on file name:

      • E.g. smith_progressreport1.pdf, doe_finalproject.pdf

    • on letter size paper

    • one inch on all margins

  • NO submission using link to cloud or online drive (e.g. Google drive, box.com) 12-point font

  • Following the APSA style and format is mandatory (see recommended reading).

9/8/2021

Guinea coup

  • 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

Guinea coup

  • 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

8/30/2021

World’s debt at record $281 Trillion

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

US debt: $28 trillion

China's debt problems

  • $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