Sino-Japanese Engagement in the Making of China’s National Champions

This article aims to study how private European radio is becoming commercially international through the expansion of radio brands beyond their national market. It is the first ever analysis of the expansion strategies of radio groups across Europe, including their footprint in each market in which they operate, from the political economy of cultural industries. The article maps the main radio groups in Europe, analyses cross-national champions in depth and establishes three main types. This study shows that, thanks to the possibilities of a deregulated market, strengthening the role of the brand and the format, and the agreements with other groups, broadcasting radio has overcome the obstacles that, historically, hindered its cross-border expansion.

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Central Protectionism in China: The “Central SOE Problem” in Environmental Governance

The China Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0305741017000881 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 231 ◽

pp. 685-704 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Sarah Eaton ◽

Genia Kostka

Keyword(s):

Electricity Generation ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Governance System ◽

Central State ◽

Environmental Guidelines ◽

Regulatory Capacity ◽

National Champions ◽

Central Management ◽

Regulatory Challenges

AbstractThis article examines the so-called “central State Owned Enterprise (SOE) problem” in China's environmental governance system, namely central SOEs' defiance of environmental regulation. We present evidence showing that, in the last decade, central SOEs have been the source of a large number of serious pollution incidents and have often failed to comply with environmental guidelines and regulations. Central SOEs in the electricity generation and oil and gas industries are particularly culpable, with six firms alone accounting for 62 per cent of all 2,370 reported violations (2004–2016). We argue that a combination of “central protectionism” of state-owned national champions and insufficient regulatory capacity in the environmental bureaucracy have provided state firms under central management with both incentives and opportunities to shirk on environmental regulations. Yet, while the institutions of central protectionism are deeply rooted, countervailing forces within the complex Chinese state are also gaining momentum. In spite of the considerable regulatory challenges, officials in the environment bureaucracy display increasing resolve and ingenuity in trying to strengthen their enforcement capacity.

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Facing off on the Final Frontier: The WTO Accession and the Rebranding of China's National Champions

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x0210500117 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 105 (1) ◽

pp. 130-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael Keane

Keyword(s):

World Trade ◽

World Trade Organisation ◽

Marketplace Of Ideas ◽

Industry Development ◽

Chinese Nation ◽

Cultural Sovereignty ◽

The World ◽

Wto Accession ◽

National Champions ◽

Open Markets

This paper examines ramifications of China's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the context of the increasing internationalization of its audio-visual industry landscape. The paper begins with a discussion of the concept of sovereignty. This is juxtaposed against the proposition advanced by US content industry spokesperson Jack Valenti that liberalisation of markets and openness to ‘ideas' is in China's greater interest. The point is made that a leap of faith between open markets and the ‘marketplace of ideas' is viewed suspiciously by Chinese elites, despite their declaration that WTO accession represents a win-win outcome for the Chinese nation. The second section of the paper looks at how China might respond to reassert cultural sovereignty through industry development, in particular the use of branding and localisation. The conclusion reframes the utility of the idea of sovereignty in the light of China's celebration of national champions.

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