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Research Interests
economic geography, urban studies, regoinal studies, geographies of technologies and innovation, digital transformation and platforms, global production networks/value chains, geographies of transnational corporations and forieng investment, industrial restructuring, cross-border regions, China, Greater Bay Area, Southeast Asia, One Belt One Road initiatives.
Biography
Chun YANG is a Professor in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University, where she serves as the Associate Dean (Research) at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Prior to joining HKBU, she held academic positions at the Institute of Pacific Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Sun Yat-sen University, and engaged in public-policy research at One Country Two Systems Research Institute, Hong Kong. She was a Visiting Scholar at Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, United States (2008) and Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, Newcastle University, United Kingdom (2019).
Prof. Yang’s research interests lie in the areas of economic geography; urban and regional development; global production networks/global value chains and local economic development; geographies of technologies and innovation, geographies of transnational corporations and foreign investment, digital transformation and platform ecosystems, industrial restructuring, cross-border regions and governance, with a geographcial focus on China (particularly Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area) and Southeast Asia (particularly Vietnam, Cambodia). She has published extensively in leading international journals, such as Economic Geography, Political Geography, Regional Studies, Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A, Annals of the American Associatoin of Geographers, Applied Geography, Geofum, etc.
Prof. Yang is on the editorial board of Journal of Economic Geography (Dec. 2014- ), Progress in Economic Geography (Oct. 2022- ), Bandung: Journal of Global South (Jan. 2015 - ), Editorial Advisory Board of Environment and Planning A: Space and Economy (July 2022- ) and International Advisory Board of Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society (Jan. 2021-) and was Associate Editor, Regional Studies, Regional Science (Jan. 2014- Dec. 2016).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, PhD, Thesis Title: Foreign Investment and Urbanization: A Case Study of the Post-1978 Pearl River Delta, China, The University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 1 Dec 1996
MPhil, Regional Inequality in Guangdong, China after Opening and Reform, Sun Yat-Sen University
Bachelor, Sun Yat-Sen University
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Hong Kong Chronicles - Urban Transportation Volume (香港志‧城市交通卷)
1/03/22 → 31/08/24
Project: Research project
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Cross-border Fresh Fruits Production and Trade networks of Chinese Firms in ASEAN in the Context of “One Belt One Road” Initiatives (一帶一路背景下中國企業在東盟國家的跨境水果生產和貿易網絡研究)
YANG, C., Thi Hong Van, H. & TAKANASHI, F.
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
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Evolving Spaces and Scales of Innovation in China: The Emergence of Makerspace Innovation in Digital Fabrication in Shenzhen
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research project
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The evolution of creative industry clusters: a comparison of cases in Germany and China
1/01/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research project
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[Book Review] Interconnected worlds: Global electronics and production networks in East Asia, by Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Yang, C., 1 Feb 2023, In: Regional Studies. 57, 2, p. 397-398 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Cross-border ageing in China’s Greater Bay Area in the digital age: A comparative study of mobile application adoption by Hong Kong older migrants and local older adults in Shenzhen
Yang, C., Ma, C. Y., Wang, J. & Zhou, Y., Mar 2023, In: Transactions in Planning and Urban Research. 2, 1, p. 149-166 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conceptualizing Digital Platforms and Production Networks
Yang, C., Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Cross-border expansion of digital platforms and transformation of the trade and distribution networks of imported fresh fruits from Southeast Asia to China
Yang, C., Oct 2022, In: Global Networks. 22, 4, p. 716-734 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Digital transformation and value chains: Introduction
Butollo, F., Gereffi, G., Yang, C. & Krzywdzinski, M., Oct 2022, In: Global Networks. 22, 4, p. 585-594 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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“Author Meets Critiques” of Henry Yeung’s book “Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production in East Asia”
James Murphy (Speaker), Rory Horner (Speaker), Chun YANG (Speaker) & Henry Wai-chung Yeung (Speaker)
7 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Path Transplantation from China to Vietnam: Divergent Practice of Electronics Transnational Corporations in Cross-border Production
Chun YANG (Speaker)
16 Sept 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Conceptualizing Digital Platforms and Production Networks
Chun YANG (Speaker)
7 Jun 2022 → 10 Jun 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Progress in Economic Geography (Elsevier) (External organisation)
Chun YANG (General member)
Oct 2022 → Sept 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of board/committee/council
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Session "Digital Transformation and Value Chains"
Florian Butollo (Speaker), Gary Gereffi (Speaker), Martin Krzywdzinski1 (Speaker) & Chun YANG (Speaker)
9 Jul 2022 → 11 Jul 2022Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units