This course is organized into five learning modules. The modules provide a comprehensive introduction to the politics of the People’s Republic of China. It discusses the prominent features of single-party rule by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and explores their social, economic, and global effects. The first module provides a brief overview of Chinese history, with an emphasis on the rise of the Communist Party and the major events under Mao Zedong’s leadership up to Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms. The second module  looks at the institutional and leadership features of the political system and the decision-making process of the Communist Party. The third model examines Deng Xioping's economic reforms and the globalization of China's economy with its entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. The fourth module focuses on key policy challenges that globalization have engendered. Specifically, challenges of urban-rural migration, growing economic and regional inequalities, pollution, demography, and corruption are looked at in detail.  The last module discusses the structure and process of foreign policymaking, the role of the military, and analyzes the rise of China as a global power, sources of conflict between China, East Asia, and the United States, and its implications of China's globalization for  the international system.

Core Learning Objectives.

 

 

CO-1. Undertand basic factual knowledge of China’s history, political system, and economy

CO-2. Describe the political and institutional decision-making process in China

CO-3. Explain key political reforms in China

CO-4. Identity the influences on policy making in China

CO-5. Analyze key policy challenges facing the Chinese Communist Party