Admission requirements
Successful completion of Contemporary China A: Politics, Economics and Society of Modern China (BA1) is required (students of the minor Chinese Economy and Society are exempted from this).
Description
This course gives the students an overview of the development in Chinese political economy from 1949 to the present. In this course, we explore various aspects of China’s economic development, including
reforms of government policies and policy processes in order to facilitate and regulate economic development;
ideological changes in the government policy making and those among Chinese citizens due to economic development;
dynamic changes in China’s economic regimes including those in the state-market relationship, industrial structure, development strategies, growth models, urban-rural relationship, and external economic sectors;
and the challenges faced by the Chinese society during the economic development such as inequality, ‘middle income trap’, aging population, financial risks, and environmental degradation.
In addition, the analysis of the Chinese political economy is linked to the changes in regional and/or international contexts, which helps the students understand the impact of external political and socio-economic factors on China’s domestic economic development.
Course objectives
The students are expected to learn the origins, processes and implications of key events of China’s domestic economic development from 1949 to the present. They should develop skills of critical analysis of Chinese economy in the social and political contexts. In particular, they should develop capabilities to search for academic literature, news articles, opinion pieces, government documents, official databases and other relevant secondary sources for their assignments, and to use qualitative and quantitative analytical methods to process the abovementioned material. They should develop academic writing skills for the written assignments. They should also develop oral communication skills for interacting with the lecturer at class.
Timetable
The timetables are avalable through My Timetable.
Mode of instruction
Lecture
Assessment method
Assessment
mid-term written examination with closed questions and short open questions: 30%
Essay: 70%
The final grade is given on the basis of both components above. Failure to participate in a component cannot be compensated through the other.
Resit
The time and format of resit will be confirmed later.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
The Reading list will be uploaded on Brightspace before the course starts.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudyMap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website
Registration À la carte education, Contract teaching and Exchange
For the registration of exchange students contact Humanities International Office.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office Herta Mohr
Remarks
None.