This course is available on the BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and Chinese. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in International Relations and BSc in International Relations and Chinese. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
10 hours of lectures and 12 hours of classes in the MT. 18 hours of classes in the LT. Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.
Students will complete two 1500-word essays during the course, and will make two presentations to the seminar. It is permissible for the presentations to be on the same topics as the essays.
Economy, Elizabeth C., The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State, Oxford University Press, 2019. Yahuda, Michael, The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 4 edn. London: Routledge, 2019. French, Howard. Everything under the heavens: how the past helps shape China's push for global power. London: Scribe UK, 2017. Christensen, Thomas J. The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power. New York: W.W. Norton, 2015. Shambaugh, David. China Goes Global. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Liao, Xuanli Chinese Foreign Policy Think Tanks and China's Policy Towards Japan. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2006.
Essay (75%, 2500 words) in the ST. Presentation (25%) in the MT and LT. During the course of the seminars students will participate in a group presentation (25%) and submit a 2500 word essay (75%) at the start of the ST. It is permissible for the summative essays to be on the same topic(s) as the formative essays and presentations.