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1 Course Title: The Chinese Economy and Asian Economic Integration Course Code: SH230 Recommended Credits: 3 Suggested Cross Listings: Economics, East Asian Studies Language of Instruction: English Prerequisites/Requirements: Open to all program students Description This course is meant to provide an overview of China s economy and East Asian economic integration. The first portion of the course focuses on East Asian economic integration, with particular emphasis placed on how the economic growth and development of a country is correlated to the degree of its economic openness. Students evaluate and understand the extent of economic integration among the nations in East Asia who claim success in their economic development is a result of their economic integration with the rest of the world. Students then analyze how multinational corporations are affecting this group of nations. The second portion of the course considers the present state of the Chinese economy. Students analyze some of the unique economic challenges currently facing China including the uneven growth and development in China s western regions. Students are then exposed to the Chinese consumer their culture and buying behavior. Objectives During this course, students: Gain a basic understanding of the sources of growth of the Chinese economy Analyze the current economic challenges in China Analyze the behavior of the Chinese consumer from an economic and business perspective Evaluate and understand the extent of economic integration among East Asian nations Identify and evaluate, mainly through case studies, the business strategies of multinationals as they expand operations in East Asia Course Requirements Course readings, averaging 50 pages per session, should be completed before class. Students must attend all classes and are expected to participate actively in all class discussions. Students hand in notes weekly to ensure that they are completing the course readings and keeping up with all material. Students are required to summarize the weekly readings in clear format and are graded accordingly. Students complete one large group presentation for their class project, as well as a group projectpaper. Group project presentations and papers are assigned at the start of the course. The assignment is to provide strategic advice to a Chinese company that intends to expand into an East Asian country. Group size is two or three students. Presentations are twenty minutes in length and group project papers are approximately

2 3,000 words in length. Presentations are graded on quality of presentation and soundness of analysis. Papers are similarly graded, and require referencing and a good choice of sources. At the end of the course, students complete a take-home final exam wherein they choose one of two questions and write an essay of approximately 1200 words in length. Students are given 36 hours to complete this task. Methods of Evaluation The final grade is determined as follows: Group project paper 35% Group project presentation 15% Reading notes 20% Final exam 30% Primary Texts Hill, Charles W. L. International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace (8th edition). McGraw-Hill, Reinert, K.A. Windows on the World Economy An Introduction to International Economics.Thomson South-Western College Pub, Supplementary Texts Jovanovic, M (2008), Does Globalization make Sense, Economia Internazionale, Feb. 2008, pp Bryan. L. (2010), Globalization s Critical Imbalances, McKinsey Quarterly June 2010, Ghemawat, P. (2005). Regional Strategies for Global Leadership. Harvard Business Review. December Available through EBSCO Database. Inglehart, R. and Welzel, C. (2009), How Development Leads to Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Vol.88 Issue 2, pp Kwon, J.K. and Kang, J.M. (2011), The East Asian Model of Economic Development, Asian Pacific Economic Literature, 25(2), pp Chandra, V., Lin, J.Y. and Wang, Y Leading Dragons Phenomenon: New Opportunities for Catch-up in Low Income Countries. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id= Prahalad and Hart, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, Strategy and Competition, Harvard Business Review. Available through EBSCO Database. Nowak L. and Dong, D. (1997), Intercultural Differences between Chinese and Americans in Business, Business Communication Quarterly, 60 (1), pp Ghemawat, P. (2001), Distance Still Matters, Harvard Business Review, September Available through EBSCO Database. Athukorala, P. and Hill, H. (2010), Asian Trade: Long term Patterns and Key Policy Issues, Asian Pacific Economic Literature, doi: /j Lai, P. And Li, Q Development in China s Foreign Trade: China & World Economy, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp Kawai, M. and Wignaraja, G. (2010), Free Trade Agreements in East Asia: A Way Forward toward Liberalization?, ADB Briefs, No. 1, June.

3 Free-Trade- Agreements.pdf Cheong, I. (2013), Negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Evaluation and Implications for East Asian Regionalism, ADBI Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank. Ramasamy, B. and Yeung, M. (2014), Enter the Dragon: Policies to Attract Chinese Investment, ArtNet Working Paper series, Outline of Course Content Note: Fall/Spring students cover approximately 1 or 2 topics per week. During the summer, when class periods are longer, students cover approximately 2 or 3 topics per week. Topic 1: Globalization from an Asian Perspective Topic 2: Globalization or Regionalization? Topic 3: Differences among Asian Countries : Political Systems and Economic Growth and Development Topic 4: Differences among Asian Countries: Culture and Legal Systems Topic 5: International Trade in Asia: Theory and Trends Topic 6: Group Project Presentations Topic 7: Chinese Economy: Introduction Topic 8: Chinese Economy: The Western Regions Topic 9: China s Intermittent Economic Isolationism: From Ming Dynasty to the Revolutions Topic 10: China s Intermittent Economic Isolationism: China s Growing Mistrust Topic 11: Marketing in China: Current Marketing Environment Topic 12: Marketing in China: Who Will Succeed? Topic 13: Chinese Consumer Behavior Topic 14: Chinese Consumer Culture

4 Course Title: Politics and Governance Course Code: SH240 Recommended Credits: 3 Suggested Cross Listings: Political Science, Government, East Asian Studies Language of Instruction: English Prerequisites/Requirements: Open to all program students Description This course begins with a historical survey of imperial China (before 1912) and Republican China ( ). After providing some historical background, the course then focuses on the politics of the People s Republic of China, including the Mao era ( ) and the reform era (after 1978). Special attention is paid to Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping s contributions and legacies, the organizational structure and operational dynamics of the current political system, modern state building, and the Communist Party s strategies for survival. When examining these issues, students engage in some of the current debates of the field, mainly those over the features of China s politico-economic transition and the prospect of democracy in China. Objectives By the end of the course, students: Have a solid knowledge of the issues that are covered in this course (as described above) Have a good grasp of the most pressing issues in today s China, e.g., why the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has survived and reinvigorated while its counterparts in the former Soviet Bloc had all collapsed by the early 1990s Are able to engage in debates in the China field and form their own stances Course Requirements Course readings, averaging 30 pages per session, should be completed before class. Students must attend all classes and are expected to participate actively in all class discussions. Students take two in-class midterm exams (closed-book, 60 minutes). Both consist of five short essay questions. They are held at the end of Part One and Part Two respectively (see Outline of Course Content for details.) Students are asked to write a short critique paper (4 pages double spaced) on two assigned articles. For their final exam, students submit a research paper (10 pages double spaced). Students are expected to show original thinking and independent analysis of the issues in question. A separate guide is circulated in class. Finally, several extra credit opportunities are given in class without prior announcements.

5 Methods of Evaluation The final grade shall be determined as follows: Class participation 10% Midterm exams 40% (20% + 20%) Critique paper 10% Final exam 40% Primary Texts Lieberthal, Kenneth (2004) Governing China: from Revolution through Reform. New York: W.W.Norton & Company. Fewsmith, Joseph (2008) China since Tiananmen: From Deng Xiaoping to Hu Jintao (2nd edition). New York: Cambridge University Press. Gries, Peter, and Stanley Rosen, eds. (2010) Chinese Politics: State, Society and the Market. New York: Routledge. Chen, Jie, and Bruce J. Dickson (2010) Allies of the State: China's Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change. Harvard University Press. Heilmann, Sebastian, and Elizabeth J. Perry, eds. (2011) Mao s Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Shambaugh, David (2009) China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation. CA: University of California Press. Yang, Dali L. (2004) Remaking the Chinese Leviathan: Market Transition and the Politics of Governance in China. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. Supplementary Texts Some other readings from academic journals are provided regularly throughout the course. Outline of Course Content Note: Fall/Spring students cover approximately 1 topic per week. During the summer, when class periods are longer, students cover approximately 2 topics per week. Part I: An Overview Topic 1 Introduction; the legacies of imperial China and the Republican Era 1) Five key components of the imperial system 2) The Yan an period ( ) and legacies of the CCP s path to power. Topic 2 The Maoist system and the Maoist era 1) Mao Zedong Thought 2) The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Topic 3 Deng Xiaoping s contributions and legacies 1) Launching the reform and opening up 2) Raising the four cardinal principles 3) The student movement in ) The Southern Tour in early 1992

6 Topic 4 China under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao 1) The Jiang Zemin era (mid-1990s to 2003) 2) The Hu Jintao Era (from 2003 to 2012) Part II: The Political System Topic 5 The view from the outside 1) Formal organizational structure 2) Operational dynamics of the political system Topic 6 The view from the inside 1) The top 25 to 35 2) Configuration of political power 3) Party control of the government Part III: The Transformation of the Chinese State Topic 7 State transformation in its structure. 1) The remaking of the administrative state 2) The smuggling crisis and the leveling of the economic playing field Topic 8 State transformation in its modes of governance. 1) Importing Western modes of governance 2) Guerrilla policy style and adaptive governance Part IV: The Party s Strategies for Survival Topic 9 Toward lessons for longevity. 1) Lessons from the collapse of Communist parties in the former Soviet Bloc 2) Lessons from non-communist states Topic 10 Rebuilding the Party 1) The organizational dimension 2) The ideological dimension: the Party and private entrepreneurs Part IV: The Future of China Topic 11 Debates over the prospects for democracy in China 1) Pessimists 2) Optimists