Online Journal Mundo Asia Pacifico

The expanding middle class of China: a game changer in the international system

Juan Camilo Soto Marulanda — 2023-12-29

This research paper explores the economic implications of the expanding middle class in China for the international system. To achieve this, the study analyzes the three key arguments proposed by Chun et al (2017) that are linked to the middle class in literature: 1) There is the impact on entrepreneurial activity, 2) the accumulation of savings, 3) the expansion of the domestic market. Using secondary sources such as journals and statistics, the paper evaluates how these arguments are reflected in the Chinese middle class and what their effects are on the international system. Concluding that China's middle class possesses opportunities like extended trade and investment for the rest of the world. As well as threads, particularly, the lending capacity derived from the middle class gives China a strategic position that may cause economic imbalances in the international system and generate financial risk for other countries.

The diplomatic asolation of Taiwan: Countries withdraw recognition of its sovereignty

Alejandra Agudelo Cadavid — 2023-12-29

This article seeks to analyze and report on the current situation in terms of political allies and bilateral relations of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with Latin American countries, speaking especially of the last two diplomatic losses (Nicaragua and Honduras), to then analyze which It is the panorama in which Taiwan would find itself today with what happened especially with Honduras. A previous contextualization of the conflict between China and Taiwan is used to later conclude what the consequences may be or what could happen with the status of the country according to the panorama that is presented throughout the article.

La máquina de escribir: El primer desafío en la mecanografía china

María Ospina-García — 2023-12-29

La comunicación, tanto oral como escrita, ha significado un desafío para la raza humana. El valor otorgado a la palabra y en especial, su deseo de mantenerla y conservarla en el tiempo es un factor común en las distintas etapas de la historia del ser humano. Así, la
búsqueda ha ido más allá, pues además de lograr un entendimiento con los demás, se ha querido que las ideas puedan plasmarse en algún medio físico. De esta necesidad humana de comunicar y trascender su comunicación, nacieron los sistemas de escritura, que han variado entre culturas, lugares y espacios de tiempo en la historia humana.

Circular economy in China: support of the economic development model

Juan González García — 2023-12-29

Sustainable Economic Development (SED), in the last two centuries has become a perennial aspiration of nations. Today, development not only implies macroeconomic quantitative variables, but also the pursuit of a betterment in qualitative variables that not only enhance the economic stance of nations, but do so in an environmentally conscious way. Hence, concepts like Circular Economy (CE) stand out as viable alternative to achieve SED, notwithstanding that suitable institutional and political conditions must previously exist to the implementation of such CE model. In this article, the institutional framework of China is examined throughout an exploratory analysis that pinpoints the strategies and actions taken by China adopting a CE model as a complementary strategy in their long-run SED model. We conclude that China has achieved a leading position, becoming a referral of best practices in terms of its actions, strategies, and results in the implementation of a CE model.

Geopolitics in the South China Sea: An extension of the regional and global reconfiguration?

Octavio Alonso Solórzano Tello — 2023-12-29

This paper analyzes the territorial, maritime and air conflicts of China with other countries over the South
China Sea. Beijing claims it as its own and in recent years, it has built artificial islands, incorporating military bases. The United States interferes in the area arguing “freedom of navigation”, maintaining military cooperation with its allies and carrying out naval and air operations, as mechanisms to have influence in Asia. The military exercises carried out by China and the United States in the disputed sea should be read as a process of regional and global geopolitical reconfiguration. To address this phenomenon, literature and media releases on the topic and the region were reviewed. Also, theoretical elements of geopolitics were incorporated, as a first-order conceptual scaffolding to understand international conflicts.

Asia and Latin America, and the Caribbean: from dialog to multilateral cooperation

Pío Quinto García Parra — 2023-12-29

This paper establishes a framework for regional cooperation between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, from the perspective of mutual links with the United Nations. To this end, actors, agendas and procedures are identified. The reflection integrates two components: an analytical-evaluative one that establishes the relationship of both regions with the multilateral order evaluating that relationship; the other is normative, assesing and identifying key elements of their future cooperation. It is argued that, in an international system affected by the hegemonic use of power, rescuing an improved version of multilateralism looks like the reasonable alternative. The nascent dialogue between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean must lead to action plans inspired by the UN goals, keeping in mind the UN a multilateral body itself. Although multilateral political governance remains an unfulfilled promise, it is precisely in order to rebuild it that cooperation between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean under multilateral parameters becomes imperative.

Editorial

Juan Carlos Díaz Vásquez — 2023-12-29

El presente número de la Revista Digital Mundo Asia-Pacífico reúne artículos científicos de autores latinoamericanos y brinda diferentes miradas y análisis profundos a varios asuntos fundamentales para la región. El primero de ellos presenta la situación de los conflictos sobre el mar de China Meridional. El análisis reconoce una amplia gama de intereses y examina cómo estos se vinculan con las dinámicas geopolíticas del mundo. El segundo artículo científico analiza el marco institucional que apoya el desarrollo de una economía sostenible en China. El enfoque en la economía circular es el eje central del artículo que demuestra cómo China ha venido avanzando en este tema para convertirse en un referente para otros países.