City-dyad analyses of China's integration into the world city network
Peter J. Taylor
Ben Derudder
Michael Hoyler
Pengfei Ni
Frank Witlox
2134/15291
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/City-dyad_analyses_of_China_s_integration_into_the_world_city_network/9483449
The business connections between Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai and other
major world cities are investigated using the interlocking network model based upon
the location strategies of advanced producer service firms. This approach emphasises
non-hierarchical relations between cities. A key new finding is that city-dyad analysis
enhances the prominence of these China cities compared with simple ranking by
total global network connectivity. This suggests that Hong Kong, Shanghai and
Beijing have developed more strategically important roles in the world city network
than previously understood. Yet the geographies of these links are distinctive, with
Shanghai shown to be better connected to the more important world cities such as
London and New York than Beijing; and Beijing is found to be better connected to
political world cities such as Washington and Brussels, and to other Pacific Asian
cities, than Shanghai. The results are interpreted as suggestions for developing a new
research programme.
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