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Wednesday 27 May - Thursday 28 May 2009Coordinator: Fran&#231;ois GIPOULOUXScientific Committee:Maurice AYMARD, Directeur d&#8217;&#233;tude, EHESSPeter DANIELS, Professor, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of BirminghamFran&#231;ois GIPOULOUX, Director of Research, CNRS, Visiting scholar, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, BeijingHAMASHITA Takeshi, Professor, Ryukoku UniversityLI Shantong, Senior Research Fellow, Development Research Center, State Council, BeijingSUNG Yun-wing, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Economics, Chinese University of Hong KongYUAN Zhigang, Professor, Dean, Faculty of Economics, Fudan University Global cities illustrate the depth to which world trends can penetrate the core of a national territory, as well as influence devices traditionally controlled by the State. The metropolises of Tokyo-Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore located on the periphery of East Asia&#8217;s maritime corridor, form a system which is characterized by the intensity of their economic links, the different relationships they have with their hinterlands, and their level of integration within the world economy.The concentration of control functions goes together with the dispersal of manufacturing capabilities at the regional, national and global levels. Using the concept of an Asian Mediterranean leads to a better comprehension of the dynamics of economic flows, of the emergence of gravity centers and of the evolution of hierarchies. It defines a system of cities characterized by a functional division of work and responsibilities within a polycentric region.The purpose of this international conference is to test the degree of interdependence of the great urban centres, which are the main articulations of the East Asia&#8217;s maritime corridor, and to grasp a better understanding of the region from a trade and finance perspective. Les villes globales illustrent &#224; quel point les ph&#233;nom&#232;nes mondiaux p&#233;n&#232;trent le coeur d&#8217;un territoire national ainsi que les instruments d&#8217;influence traditionnellement contr&#244;l&#233;s par l&#8217;Etat. Les m&#233;tropoles de Tokyo-Yokohama, Shanghai, Hong Kong, et Singapore, situ&#233;es &#224; la p&#233;riph&#233;rie du corridor maritime d&#8217;Asie orientale, forment un syst&#232;me caract&#233;ris&#233; par l&#8217;intensit&#233; de leurs &#233;changes &#233;conomiques, les diff&#233;rentes relations avec leur arri&#232;re-pays, et leur degr&#233; d&#8217;int&#233;gration dans l&#8217;&#233;conomie mondiale.La concentration des fonctions de contr&#244;le va de pair avec la dispersion des capacit&#233;s manufacturi&#232;res aux niveaux r&#233;gional, national et mondial. L&#8217;utilisation du concept de M&#233;diterran&#233;e asiatique nous permet de mieux comprendre les dynamiques de flux &#233;conomiques, de l&#8217;&#233;mergence de centres de gravit&#233;, et de l&#8217;&#233;volution des hi&#233;rarchies. Ce principe d&#233;finit un syst&#232;me de villes caract&#233;ris&#233;es par une division fonctionnelle du travail et des responsabilit&#233;s dans une r&#233;gion polycentrique.L&#8217;objet de ce colloque international, qui rassemblera &#233;conomistes, historiens, g&#233;ographes et sociologues, est d&#8217;examiner le degr&#233; d&#8217;interd&#233;pendance des grands centres urbains qui constituent les principales articulations du corridor maritime de l&#8217;Asie orientale, et d&#8217;acqu&#233;rir une meilleure compr&#233;hension des fonctions commerciales et financi&#232;res de la r&#233;gion.Programme Wednesday 27 May 2009, Conference Room 214, MSH9.00: Opening and general presentation of the research project Alain D&#8217;IRIBARNE, administrator, MSH FoundationAlain DELISSEN, director, EHESS, China, Korea, Japan Research CenterFran&#231;ois GIPOULOUX, CNRS, CASS: ITHESA Research ProgrammeScientific Presentation10.00-12.00 Session 1: The Legacy of History (I) Chair: Elisabeth ALL&#200;S, CNRS, EHESSHISASUE Ryoichi, University of TokyoTokyo as an &#8220;International Financial Centre&#8221;, Past and Present: 1800-2007Commentator: S&#233;bastien LECHEVALIER, CRJ, EHESS (to be confirmed)BreakPatrizia CARIOTI, University of NaplesNagasaki in the Storm of the Ming Qing Transition: the Zheng, the VOC and the Tokugawa BakufuCommentator: Pierre-Yves MANGUIN, EFEO (to be confirmed)Lunch14.00-18.00 Session 2: High Value Added Services and Metropolitan Dynamism Chair: Pierre VELTZ, ENPC (to be confirmed)Fran&#231;ois GIPOULOUX, CNRS, CASSAsian Trading and Financial Centres: Typology and FunctionalitiesLI Shantong, Tsinghua UniversityPatterns of China&#8217;s UrbanizationBreakSimon ZHAO, Hong Kong UniversityChina&#8217;s Spatial Restructuring of Financial CentresMENG Jianjun, Tsinghua UniversityChina&#8217;s Economic Reform and Emerging International Finance Centres Thursday 28 May 2009, Conference Room 214, MSH9.30-11.00 Session 3: The Legacy of History (II) Chair: Alain DELISSEN, EHESSHAMASHITA Takeshi, Ryukoku UniversityChinese Port Cities and their Hinterland: the Case of Zhenjiang and Zhujiang at the End of the 19th CenturyCommentator: Michel CARTIER, EHESSLIN Cheng, EHESSAt the Junction of Continental and Maritime Trading Networks: Taiwan and the VOC During the 17th CenturyCommentator: Paola CALANCA, EFEOBreak 11.00-12.30 Session 4: Regional and Global Positioning of East-Asian Trading and Financial Centres Chair: Thierry PAIRAULT, CECMC, EHESSPeter DANIELS, University of BirminghamThe Global Economic Crisis: Opportunities for Major Cities in East and Southeast Asia?SUNG Yun-Wing, Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong and Shanghai: Rivalry or Complementarity Among Asia&#8217;s International Service HubsLunch 14.00-16.00 Session 5: Different Cities, Homogeneous Societies? Chair: Laurence ROULLEAU-BERGER, CNRS, IAODU Debin, East China Normal University, Pierre MI&#200;GE, Beijing Normal UniversityThe Factors of Competitiveness of Great Chinese Cities: the Case of the Localisation of Foreign Research and Development in Beijing and ShanghaiSONODA Shigeto, University of Tokyo, Institute of Oriental Culture,Emergence of Homogeneous Social Groups? Convergence and Divergence among Middle Classes in Globalizing East AsiaEnd of the conference