The economic growth that many regions of China are experiencing have a slew of consequences. For instance, there are differences in growth between coastal and interior areas that result in increased regionalism and competition. As a direct result, many wo rkers and families from the interior regions of China are migrating toward coastal cities. This migration takes a large resource away from interior China while giving the coast even more of an advantage. Competition of this magnitude is bound to cause con flict between these vastly different regions.
Regionalism is a major problem for three main reasons.
First, increased competition within China can cause rifts between provinces that have not been there in recent history. Second, these conflicts are bound to cause a breakdown in the control that the government has over the country as a whole. Finally, any demographic change within a country as large as China will affect all of East Asia. The northern and southern coastal provinces of China are competing with each other and other provinces for markets. This is due primarily because of the decentralization of the economy and of the subsequent transfer of control from Beijing to the province s.