GPAD 1066: China and the World

2011-2012 2nd Term Prof. ZHAN, Jing Vivian Lee Shau Kee Bldg 304 Wednesday 10:30 12:15pm Email: zhan@cuhk.edu.hk Office: 321 TC Cheng Bldg Office hours: Wednesday 2:30 4:30pm

Teaching assistant: Ms. DUAN Haiyan, haiyanava@gmail.com Tentative tutorial sections (certain sections may be cancelled or reorganized depending on the number of enrolled students): Mo 10:30AM - 12:15PM Humanities Building 8 Mo 2:30PM - 4:15PM T.C. Cheng Bldg 104 Tu 8:30AM - 10:15AM T.C. Cheng Bldg 102 Tu 10:30AM - 12:15PM William M W Mong Eng Bldg 406 We 12:30PM - 2:15PM T.C. Cheng Bldg 103 Purpose and organization Chinas rapid rise in the past three decades has generated as much awe as fear in many other countries. How should we understand a rising Chinas impacts on the world? This course is designed to survey and analyze Chinas rise and its role in the global system in multiple dimensions as well as its relations with the rest of the world. The lectures begin with the discussion of Chinas rise in economic, political, and military aspects. We will next examine Chinas evolving attitude towards the outside world and its diplomatic relations with other countries and international organizations as well as its soft influence. We will assess the challenges that China faces in the era of globalization towards the end of the course. Requirements This course requires an in-class midterm exam and a take-home final exam, which count for 35% and 40% of the final grade respectively. There will be occasional pop quizzes in class, which all together take up 10% of the final grade. Presentation and participation in tutorial sessions count for 15% of the final grade. Tutorials are mandatory. Each student is required to participate actively in the tutorials and make a presentation of about 15 minutes in one of the tutorial sessions. In your presentation, you should: 1) report on a recent event which involves China AND some other countries, regions, or the whole world; 2) review what China has done in this event and explain why it has done so; and 3) critically evaluate Chinas roles with regard to Chinas national interests and discuss its impacts on the other involved parties and/or the whole world. To do well in the presentation, you are strongly encouraged to keep track of important current affairs by reading newspapers such as South China Morning Post and New York Times and magazines such as Asia Times and Economist, which are all good sources of latest critical events and insightful analyses.

Readings The required readings are posted on WEBCT (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/webct) and accessible to students enrolled in this class. All readings should be completed in advance of the corresponding lectures. Some additional readings and announcements may be posted on WEBCT occasionally. I will also post interesting and relevant news reports on WEBCT that may be helpful for your presentations. So it is advisable that you check WEBCT at least once a week. SCHEDULE AND READINGS: Part I: China Rises Week 1 (January 11): Introduction 1. Yan Xuetong, The Rise of China and Its Power Status, Chinese Journal of International Politics, vol. 1 (2006), pp. 5-33. 2. Oded Shenkar, The Middle Kingdom, in The Chinese Century (Wharton School Publishing, 2005), pp. 25-40. Week 2 (January 18): Chinas Economic Rise 3. Susan Shirk, China Economic Miracle, China: Fragile Superpower (Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 13-34. 4. Martin Jacque, China as an Economic Superpower, in When China Rules the World (New York: Penguin Press, 2009), pp. 151-193. 5. Barry Naughton, Market Transition: Strategy and Process, in The Chinese Economy, pp. 85112. 6. Shaun Breslin, Power and production: Rethinking Chinas global economic role, Review of International Studies 31:4 (Oct 2005), pp. 735753. Week 3 (January 25): Public Holiday Week 4 (February 1): Chinas International Status and Identity 7. Susan Shirk, The Responsible Power, China: Fragile Superpower, pp. 105-139. 8. Evan S. Medeiros and M. Taylor Fravel, Chinas New Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs 82:6 (November/December 2003), pp. 22-25. 9. Stefan Halper, China and the Global Shift, in The Beijing Consensus (Basic Books, 2010), pp. 9-48. 10. David Shambaugh, Coping with A Conflicted China, The Washington Quarterly 34:1 (2011), pp. 7-27. Week 5 (February 8): Chinas Military Development 11. Taylor Fravel, Chinas Search for Military Power, The Washington Quarterly 31:3 (Summer 2008), pp. 125141. 12. Andrew Erickson, Lyle Goldstein & Carnes Lord, China Sets Sail, The American Interest Magazine (May/June 2010), pp. 27-34.

13. David Scott, Chinas Security-Military Challenges, in The Chinese Century? The challenge to Global Order, pp. 28-50. 14. Tania Branigan and Jason Burke, Chinas First Aircraft Carrier Launches with Pride and amid Regional Tensions, the Guardian (August 10 2011). (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/10/china-aircraft-carrier-launch/print) 15. IISS, Chinas Military Might on Display, vol. 15, issue 8 (October 2009). Part II: China and the World Week 6 (February 15): Chinas Changing Worldviews 16. Deng Xiaoping, Speech at the Sixth Special Session of the U.N. General Assembly (April 10, 1974). 17. Deng Xiaoping, Peace and Development Are the Two Outstanding Issues in the World Today (speech on March 4, 1985). 18. Zhao Ziyang, The Objectives of Chinas Foreign Policy: for Lasting Peace, Increased Friendly Cooperation and Co-prosperity, International Affairs (1985), pp. 577-580. 19. Zheng Bijian, Chinas Peaceful Rise to Great-Power Status, Foreign Affairs 84:5 (September/October 2005). 20. Hu Jintao, Build Towards a Harmonious World of Lasting Peace and Common Prosperity (speech on September 15, 2005). Weeks 7 & 8 (February 22 & 29): Chinas Foreign Relations 21. Susan Shirk, The United States, in China: Fragile Superpower, pp. 212-254. 22. Yan Xuetong, The Instability of China-US Relations, Chinese Journal of International Politics, 3:3 (2010), pp. 263-292. 23. Susan Shirk, Japan, in China: Fragile Superpower, pp. 140-180. 24. Yong Deng, Strategic Partnership with Russia, the European Union, and India, in Chinas Struggle for Status, pp. 128-166. 25. Martin Jacque, China as a Rising Global Power, in When China Rules the World, pp. 316362. 26. Suisheng Zhao, China's Approaches toward Regional Cooperation in East Asia: Motivations and Calculations, Journal of Contemporary China 20: 68 (2011), pp. 53-67. 27. Lowell Dittmer, Chinas New Internationalism, in Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne eds., China Turns to Multinationalism: Foreign Policy and Regional Security, pp. 21-34. Week 9 (March 7): Chinas Soft Power: A Myth? 28. Joshua Kurlantzick, A Charm Strategy, in Charm Offensive, pp. 37-60. 29. Bates Gill and Yanzhong Huang, Sources and Limits of Chinese Soft Power, Survival 48:2, pp. 17-36. 30. David Bandurski, Voices in the gap: Chinas soft power must be built on a culture that does not suppress its writers and artists, South China Morning Post, August 17 2010. 31. Daniel Bell, Developing Chinas Soft Power, New York Times, September 24 2010.

Week 10 (March 14): midterm exam Part II: Challenges Ahead Week 11 (March 21): Chinas Security Challenges 32. Susan Craig, Traditional Security Threats, in Chinese Perceptions of Traditional and Nontraditional Security Threats, (Strategic Studies Institute, 2007), pp. 25-99. 33. David Shambaugh, China and the Korean Peninsula: Playing for the Long Term, The Washington Quarterly 26:2 (Spring 2003), pp. 43-56. 34. Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes, Can China Defend a Core Interest in South China Sea? The Washington Quarterly 34:2 (Spring 2011), pp. 45-59. Week 12 (March 28): Chinas Domestic Challenges 35. Minxin Pei, Introduction, in Chinas Trapped Transition (Harvard University Press, 2008), pp. 1-16. 36. Susan Shirk, Domestic Threats, in China: Fragile Superpower, pp. 35-78. 37. Stefan Halper, The Myth of Inevitability, in The Beijing Consensus, pp. 135-171. Week 13 (April 4): public holiday Week 14 (April 11): Chinas Environmental Challenges 38. Barry Naughton, Environmental Quality and the Sustainability of Growth, in The Chinese Economy, pp. 487-504. 39. David Zweig and Bi Jianhai, Chinas Global Hunt for Energy, Foreign Affairs 85:5 (Sept-Oct 2005), pp. 25-38. 40. James Kynge, Not Enough to Go Around, in China Shakes the World (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006), pp. 129-155. Week 15 (April 18): Overview: the Road Ahead 41. Robert Sutter, Why Does China Matter? The Washington Quarterly 27:1 (2003), pp. 75-89. 42. Allen Carlson, Moving beyond Sovereignty? Journal of Contemporary China 20:68 (2011), pp. 89-102. 43. Martin Jacque, When China Rules the World, in When China Rules the World, pp. 363-413 * Take-home final exam handed out.