What Motivates China's Cities to Establish Partner Agreements with Cities in Asia

• Autorzy: Guenter Heiduk , Agnieszka McCaleb

Warianty tytułu

Motywacje chińskich miast do ustanawiania porozumień partnerskich z miastami w Azji

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In ancient and medieval times, intensive relations between trading hubs shaped the world economy, mostly resulting from location advantages along trade routes. Some of these relations were based on institutional arrangements which might be considered the predecessors of sister city partnerships. After WWII, these partnerships played an important role in re-establishing people-to-people relations by cultural and educational exchanges. There is evidence that, with the ongoing globalization and urbanization, economic motives gain ground. Of particular interest are Chinese city partnership agreements in Asia, because they often have to balance divergent interests of the Chinese, as well as the partner city's point of view. The paper aims to put this type of sub-national arrangement into the wider context of Chinese interest to strengthen its position in Asia. The paper concludes with recommendations for future theoretical and empirical research.(original abstract)

W starożytności i średniowieczu intensywne relacje handlujących ze sobą miast kształtowały światową gospodarkę, co było zazwyczaj wynikiem walorów lokalizacyjnych na szlakach handlowych. Niektóre z tych relacji były oparte o uregulowania instytucjonalne, które można uznać za poprzedników porozumień partnerskich miast (sister city partnerships). Po II wojnie światowej porozumienia partnerskie miast odgrywały ważną rolę w odbudowywaniu relacji międzyludzkich poprzez wymianę kulturalną oraz edukacyjną. Istnieją przesłanki wskazujące, że w dobie globalizacji i urbanizacji motywy ekonomiczne porozumień partnerskich miast zyskują na znaczeniu. Na szczególną uwagę zasługują porozumienia partnerskie miast chińskich zawierane w Azji, ponieważ zazwyczaj muszą one balansować rozbieżności pomiędzy interesami swoimi i miast partnerskich. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie porozumień władz lokalnych w szerszym kontekście chińskich planów wzmocnienia swojej pozycji w Azji.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

City; International agreements

PL

Miasto; Porozumienia międzynarodowe

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Rocznik: 2015
• Numer: nr 413 Dimensions of Regional Processes in the Asia-Pacific Region
• Strony: 52--61

Twórcy

autor

Guenter Heiduk

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

autor

Agnieszka McCaleb

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

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DOI

10.15611/pn.2015.413.05