Encountering China

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Cursusdoel

At the end of the course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain key aspects of the historical development of the People’s Republic of China and the Communist Party of China.
  2. Recognize and explain important academic debates in political, economic and social aspects of contemporary China.
  3. Understand the role of the state in China and its links to other key institutions (domestic and abroad)
  4. Unpack the facets of ‘global China’ in different geographical contexts, across a global North/South dialectic.
  5. Interpret aspects of Chinese culture and society through a specific focus on Chinese communities abroad.
  6. Analyse business interactions between ‘China and the world’ through specific case studies.
Relationship between tests and course goals
Description of assignment Assesses which learning goals?
  1. Participation
  2. Midterm Exam
  3. Field trip report
  4. Final paper
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1,2,3
5,6
2,3,4

Vakinhoudelijk

Since the turn of the 21st century, China has re-emerged as a key player on the world stage. Its expanding role in the global arena, whether celebrated, feared or contested, raises underlying questions about evolving power dynamics at various scales. How ‘global China’ materialises beyond its own borders is deeply shaped by political, economic, and societal realities and shifts at a domestic level.

‘Encountering China’ in its multiple forms requires examining the making of contemporary China from the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949 and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China to the present day. We will particularly focus on the nature of the social embeddedness of the politics and the economics in both the Maoist period and how it was re-made in the Reform era. Combining historical and contemporary perspectives, the course is divided into four parts. First, we will introduce and interrogate the Maoist period up until 1976. The second part will examine the reform period from 1976-1997. The next part will highlight key aspects of the contemporary era. Finally, by drawing on examples which cut across a global North/South divide, we will examine China’s strategy of going global and its variegated impacts around the world.

Format

The teaching format will consist of interactive lectures, seminars, group work and specific field visits.

Werkvormen

UC INT 1 course

Toetsing

Participation

Verplicht | Weging 10% | ECTS 0,75

Individual final paper

Verplicht | Weging 35% | ECTS 2,63

Group field visit report

Verplicht | Weging 25% | ECTS 1,88

*midterm FEEDBACK*

Niet verplicht

Mid-term exam

Verplicht | Weging 30% | ECTS 2,25

Ingangseisen en voorkennis

Ingangseisen

Je moet minimaal 60 punten van het bachelor programma hebben behaald

Voorkennis

Er is geen informatie over benodigde voorkennis bekend.

Voertalen

  • Engels

Competenties

  • Academisch schrijven
  • Internationale en interculturele oriëntatie
  • Interdisciplinariteit
  • Kritisch lezen
  • Luisteren

Cursusmomenten

Gerelateerde studies

Tentamens

Er is geen tentamenrooster beschikbaar voor deze cursus

Verplicht materiaal

Materiaal Omschrijving
DIVERSE assigned readings

Aanbevolen materiaal

Er is geen informatie over de aanbevolen literatuur bekend

Opmerkingen

Counts towards HUM or SSC major and is part of the China Studies track.

Coördinator

dr. M. Bao M.Bao@uu.nl

Docenten

dr. M. Bao M.Bao@uu.nl
dr. R. Dittgen r.dittgen@uu.nl
B. Sommer B.Sommer@uu.nl

Inschrijving

Let op: deze cursus is niet toegankelijk voor studenten van andere faculteiten, bijvakkers mogen zich dus niet inschrijven.

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