Chinese Economy and Society - Offered Spring 2013
Course Objective and Description
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is now the world’s second largest economy by nominal GDP and by purchasing power parity （PPP） after Unite States. Chinese culture is one of the world’s oldest cultures. China’s influence in the world economy and in international affairs have been growing very rapidly over the past few decades, which to some is a threat, to others a promise, but for the most, it is a mystery.
With a briefly review on the development of Chinese economy and the Chinese Society, this course aims to understand the challenges and the opportunities of China’s economic rise, to know the changing of Chinese social and cultural life at large, from a historical and dynamic perspective. It combines economic studies, management studies, and society studies and engages course participants in an interdisciplinary study.
This course will examine the issues like ‘Threat or Promise: Chinese economic development in global context’, ‘Chinese economic reform: the past and the present’, ‘Challenges and opportunities of China’s economic Rise’, ‘FDI and OFDI in China: How to do business with Chinese, and ‘Walking in China: Chinese Society and traditional Culture’. The lectures will make use of written sources, reports, news, audio-visual materials, and the results of research.
Teaching
The course will be held in five meetings of three hours each during a period of three weeks in April (week 14-16). Each meeting will have a specially focus. Please see the detailed teaching plan on the semester site for more information.
The course is open to master students and is based on active participation.
Assessment
During the course, every participants need to submit an essay of approximately 5-7 pages, with any topics about Chinese economy and society. A draft of the essay must be submitted to the course teacher for preliminary evaluation.
Course Texts
- OECD Publishing, Development Centre Studies Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run, Second Edition.
- Xiaowei Zhang, 2011, Understanding Chinese Society, Routledge.
- Hu Wenzhong, Grove, N. Cornelius & Erping Zhuang, 2010, Encountering the Chinese: A Modern Country, An Ancient Culture, Intercultural Press, Third Edition.
Class Schedule
Please refer to the semester site for Spring 2013 for information about time and place.
1. Threat or Promise: Chinese economic development in global context
中国威胁论变风向：经济威胁论成主导，
http://finance.sina.com.cn/china/20121025/180213479904.shtml
China’s Economic Conditions，http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33534.pdf
OECD Publishing, Development Centre Studies Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run, Second Edition.
2. Chinese economic reform: the past and the present
中国经济改革开放30年回顾与展望（1978-2010），
http://www.cier.edu.tw/cef/2009-04-Tien.pdf
Economic Reform and Openness in China- China's Development Polices in the Last 30 Years，
http://www.eap-journal.com/archive/v39_i2_05-tisdell.pdf
China’s Economic Conditions，http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33534.pdf
3. Challenges and opportunities of China’s economic Rise
专题辩论：中国经济发展的机遇和挑战，
http://business.sohu.com/20040918/n222112501.shtml
刘伟，蔡志洲，2009, 中国经济增长面临的挑战和机遇, 求是学刊。
http://www.doc88.com/p-664160977825.html
4. FDI and OFDI in China: How to do business with Chinese
中国吸收FDI：现状、特征及对策，
http://wenku.baidu.com/view/d767a01714791711cc791773.html
发展中国家对外直接投资：新特征与新思考，
http://www.chinavalue.net/Media/Article.aspx?ArticleId=68703
Karthik Jayaraman, 2009, Doing Business in China-A risk analysis, Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets, Vol. 1(1), November.
Joseph Johnson & Gerard J. Tellis, 2008, Drivers of Success for Market Entry into China and India, Journal of Marketing, Vol.72, pp.1-13.
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~tellis/ChinaIndia.pdf
5. Walking in China: Chinese Society and traditional Culture
Xiaowei Zhang, 2011, Understanding Chinese Society, Routledge.
Hu Wenzhong, Grove, N. Cornelius & Erping Zhuang, 2010 Encountering the Chinese: A Modern Country, An Ancient Culture, Intercultural Press, Third Edition.