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Abstract: The Nagasaki's Lantern Festival is gaining popularity through the continued partnership between the immigrant Chinese (Kakyo) and Nagasaki city, largely owing to the ethnic Chinese revitalization movement and the distinct way of life typical in Nagasaki. Following my past research, I would like to discuss the development and modification of Nagasaki's Lantern Festival, to examine the relationship between the features specific to the Nagasaki area and the changes in the Kakyo community's sense of ethnicity amid the wave of globalization. By the Meiji period, ethnic Chinese society in Nagasaki consisted mainly of immigrants from Fu Jian province. Today the community is experiencing rapid transformation. In particular, the restoration of Sino–Japanese relations and the wave of internationalization have led to the creation of the Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown Shopping District Promotion Association and the renewal of Chinatown for the ethnic Chinese. The Chinese Spring Festival, originally aimed toward community vitalization, not only included the Kakyo (immigrant Chinese) but the Japanese in the district and private corporations. Nagasaki was transformed not only into a strategic point for East Asia's multilateral trade, but also served as a trading center for the entire nation. But as Japanese ports opened their doors to the world after 1850, Nagasaki was reduced to only one of the local trading centers. As for overseas business, Nagasaki took advantage of its heavy industry by expanding its share in the Asian international market and has been striving in the domestic market to activate the local economy through tourism. Such strategy hinges on the rich historical and cultural resources formed and nurtured within the 400 years of relations with Asian nations. The historical merger between the Kakyo community and its cultural tradition in Nagasaki society served as one of the incentives for such development and progress. The enlargement of Nagasaki's Lantern Festival has been achieved as part of this concept of "Asian‐oriented region", in line with the city's plan on tourism promotion.

Wei Manske-Wang analysiert den Zusammenhang zwischen der Urbanisierung im Rahmen der Stadtentwicklung und der zentralisierten Energieversorgungsstruktur in chinesischen Megastädten anhand einer empirischen Untersuchung, die auf Daten der vergangenen 35 Jahre zurückgreift. Aus den Ergebnissen der Studie entwickelt die Autorin eine Zukunftsprognose, welche durch eine Fallstudie für die Stadtentwicklung von Shanghai validiert wird. China spielt seit drei Jahrzehnten eine bedeutende Rolle für das Wachstum der Weltökonomie, gleichzeitig unterscheidet sich diese Volkswirtschaft in vielen Aspekten von den hierzulande bekannten Mustern. Die Autorin behandelt den gesamten Themenkomplex aus chinesischer Perspektive. Wei Manske-Wang hat am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt promoviert. Im Bereich Market Intelligence beobachtet sie für ein global tätiges deutsches Unternehmen die Entwicklung der asiatischen Region.