It’s (Not) like the Flu: Resonant Expertise and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Au ◽  
Zheng Fu ◽  
Chuncheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The United States

Dynamic Co-Evolutions of Peace Frames in the United States, Mainland China, and Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-168
Author(s):  
Ke Jiang ◽  
George A. Barnett ◽  
Laramie D. Taylor ◽  
Bo Feng
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Semantic Network ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Semantic Networks ◽  
The United States ◽  
Semantic Network Analysis ◽  
Xinhua News Agency ◽  
South China Morning

This chapter employs semantic network analysis to investigate the online database LexisNexis to study the dynamic co-evolutions of peace frames embedded in the news coverage from the Associated Press (AP--United States), Xinhua News Agency (XH--Mainland China), and South China Morning Post (SCMP—Hong Kong). From 1995 to 2014, while the war and harmony frames were relatively stable in AP and XH respectively, there was a trend toward convergence of the use of war frames between AP and XH. The convergence of semantic networks of coverage of peace in AP and XH may have left more room for SCPM to develop a unique peace frame, and the divergence of semantic networks of coverage of peace in AP and XH may lead SCPM to develop strategies of balancing the frames employed by AP and XH, thus creating a hybrid peace frame.

VOLATILITIES AND RETURN CO-MOVEMENTS AMONG STOCK MARKETS IN MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG, AND THE UNITED STATES

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
WEIJIE HOU ◽  
BAISHENG CUI ◽  
YUPING SONG ◽  
YING CHEN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The United States ◽  
Investment Environment ◽  
Financial Investment ◽  
Return Rates ◽  
Economic Ties ◽  
Hot Money

Along with the international trade and economic ties, international stock markets are performing increasingly closely. This paper investigates the volatilities and the return co-movements among three stock markets in mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States, from January 1, 2007, to July 5, 2019. We use the MIDAS framework to separately characterize short-term and long-term features. The results reveal that different market volatilities have different sensitivities to the same events. After the second half of 2016, the volatility of China’s stock market gradually dropped below that of the other two markets. As for market co-movements, the return correlation between China and Hong Kong rose sharply after 2007. Although the co-movements for return rates among these three stock markets possess mutual dynamic synchronization features, deviations exist occasionally due to the emotional transfer of funds in the international market when a significant economic or financial event occurs. The analysis suggests that countries should stabilize the financial investment environment and guard against hot money activities.

Dialectical Thinking and Attitudes toward Action/Inaction Beyond East Asia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethan Zell ◽  
Rong Su ◽  
Dolores Albarracín
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Previous Theory ◽  
Dialectical Thinking

Previous research has focused primarily on assessing dialectical thinking among respondents in representative East Asian and Western nations (e.g., China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States). This chapter examines how dialectical thinking varies across 19 nations/subnations spanning four continents. Consistent with previous theory, dialectical thinking was highest in East Asian societies, such as mainland China, Hong Kong, and Japan. Dialectical thinking was lowest in Guatemala, Turkey, and Italy. Further, both individual and nation-level dialecticism significantly predicted attitudes toward action and inaction. That is, both cultural groups and individuals high in dialectical thinking evidenced greater balance and moderation in attitudes toward action and inaction than cultural groups and individuals low in dialectical thinking. Given that dialectical thinking exists to some degree in a variety of cultures, factors that cultivate dialecticism in both East Asian and Western cultures are addressed. The chapter concludes with discussion of avenues for future research examining patterns of dialectical thinking across the globe.

Hong Kong opposition may split over delayed election

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
National Security ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legal Pressure ◽  
First Time ◽  
Real Chance

Significance The current Council will sit until then. The administration justified its decision on the basis of a spike in coronavirus cases, but many believe it is an effort to hamper the opposition, which for the first time stood a real chance of winning a majority despite an electoral system skewed against it. Impacts Despite losing confidence in Hong Kong, other countries will probably not alter their treatment of it as much as the United States has. Referring to decision to postpone the election to Beijing weakens the legal wall between Hong Kong and mainland China. The Hong Kong government will continue to exert legal pressure on prominent activists, including application of the National Security Law.

scholarly journals It’s (not) like the flu: Resonant Expertise and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry Au ◽  
Zheng Fu ◽  
Chuncheng Liu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Object ◽  
The Past ◽  
Case Comparison ◽  
Past Experiences

Why did societies respond to COVID-19 differently? Unlike popular explanations relying on political or cultural differences, we examine the role that experts and expertise play in shaping the initial responses to COVID-19. We ask three specific questions: (1) Who were the COVID-19 experts, (2) How was expertise mobilized to understand the emerging threat of COVID-19, and (3) How did these expert statements resonate with policymakers and publics in different political contexts? Through our three-case comparison of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States, we show how past experiences with disease outbreaks shaped how experts deployed their expertise to make sense of the emerging crisis. Furthermore, past experiences with disease outbreaks also shape how these forms of expertise become resonant with policymakers and publics, as the past itself becomes a cultural object that is mobilized, contested, and seen as potentially useful to solve the problem of COVID-19. We argue that the process of resonant expertise played a key role in coming up with effective policies to tackle COVID-19.

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