Political Science 143A, the first of a two-semester upper division sequence on modern Northeast Asia, is primarily concerned with the People's Republic of China but also includes segments on China's relations with its immediate neighbors, as well as a look at the components of "Greater China," Hong Kong and Taiwan. Lecture topics will include the Chinese revolution and the old regime, Chinese political culture and the attempt at "cultural revolution," the political and economic dynamics of reform and opening to the outside world, Chinese foreign policy, the Tiananmen incident, and other such topics.
This course falls within the Comparative Politics subfield.
An electronic Clicker is needed for this course. This can be purchased at the book store.
- Lucian Bianco, Origins of the Chinese Revolution, 1915-1949 (Stanford University Press, latest ed).
- Tony Saich, Governance and Politics in China (Palgrave, latest ed.)
- Gao Wenqian, Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary (NY: Public Affairs, 2007).
- Marc Lanteigne, Chinese Foreign Policy: An Introduction (paperback, 2009)
- L Dittmer & Guoli Liu, China’s Deep Reform (Rowman & Littlefield)
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Strait Talk (Harvard University Press, 2009)