How To Understand And Understand China

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1 TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TOPICS IN WORLD HISTORY: CONTEMPORARY CHINA Instructor: Roger Hart Website: Office: Public Affairs Building 305C Office hours: TW 2 5 PM Phone: (713) [email protected] HIST SPRING 2013 TR 9:30 10:45 AM Public Affairs Building 407 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course takes a historical approach to understanding contemporary China. Topics covered include political systems, economics, society, and law. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Through successful completion of this course, students will achieve the following: 1. An understanding of the basic facts about contemporary China in their historical context, including important facts about the social, political, economic, and cultural features. 2. An ability to summarize and evaluate secondary sources. 3. Students will complete a ten-page (double-spaced) critical essay on one aspect of contemporary China, analyzed in historical context. The paper should present (i) a well-formulated thesis, (ii) clear supporting arguments, (iii) persuasive evidence for each supporting argument, and (iv) a conclusion that synthesizes the central arguments. REQUIRED TEXTS Required readings will be made available electronically through Blackboard. CLASS ORGANIZATION Classes will be organized around lectures and discussion. Students are encouraged to ask questions at any time. Students are responsible for all assigned readings and for all material presented in class. Students are responsible for all announcements made in class. All TSU History classes make use of Blackboard. All students must have a TSU computer account, an account linked to Blackboard, and a TSU Blackboard account. If you do not have a TSU computer account, you must acquire one as soon as possible. Students who do not have a computer or internet access can use computers in the various open labs on campus, or in various branches of the Houston Public Library. COURSE OUTLINE AND CALENDAR Week 1 (Jan. 15 and 17): Introduction Patricia Buckley Ebrey, The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, 2nd ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Selections. Wm. Theodore de Bary et al., eds., Sources of Chinese Tradition, 2nd ed., 2 vols. (New York: Columbia University Press, ). Selections. Week 2 (Jan. 22 and 24): Geography of Contemporary China China, in Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook (Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2103). Available at: Robert Benewick and Stephanie Donald, The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World s Fastest-Growing Economy, Rev. and updated ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009). Selections.

2 Week 3 (Jan. 29 and 31): Political System William A. Joseph, Politics in China: An Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010). Selections. Week 4 (Feb. 5 and 7): Political System in Contemporary China Tony Saich, Governance and Politics of China, 2nd ed. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). Selections. Week 5 (Feb. 12 and 14): Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Yasheng Huang, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). Selections. Week 6 (Feb. 19 and 21): Foreign Investment Yasheng Huang, Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003). Selections. Week 7 (Feb. 26 and 28): The Private Sector Kellee S. Tsai, Capitalism without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China (Ithaca NY: Cornell University Press, 2007). Selections. Week 8 (March 5 and 7): Labor Mary Elizabeth Gallagher, Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005). Selections. Barry Naughton, The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007). Selections. Midterm Examination in class March 7. Spring Break March Week 9 (March 19 and 21): Urban China Wenfang Tang and William L. Parish, Chinese Urban Life under Reform: The Changing Social Contract (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Selections. David Bray, Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System from Origins to Reform (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005). Selections. Outline for term paper due in class March 19. Week 10 (March 26 and 28): Rural China Kevin J. O Brien and Lianjiang Li, Rightful Resistance in Rural China (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006). Selections. Lily L. Tsai, Accountability without Democracy: Solidary Groups and Public Goods Provision in Rural China (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007). Selections. Susan H. Whiting, Power and Wealth in Rural China: The Political Economy of Institutional Change (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001). Selections. Yunxiang Yan, Private Life under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2003). Selections. Writing sample for term paper due in class March 26.

3 Week 11 (April 2 and 4): Inequality Deborah Davis and Wang Feng, Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009). Selections. Fei-Ling Wang, Organizing through Division and Exclusion: China s Hukou System (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2005). Selections. John Knight and Lina Song, The Rural-Urban Divide Economic Disparities and Interactions in China (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999). Selections. Week 12 (April 9 and 11): Law Randall Peerenboom, China s Long March toward Rule of Law (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002). Selections. Term paper due in class April 9. Week 13 (April 16 and 18): Science, Technology, and Medicine Science and Medicine in Twentieth-Century China: Research and Education, ed. John Z. Bowers, J. William Hess, and Nathan Sivin (Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1988). Selections. Week 14 (April 23 and 25): Foreign Relations David Zweig, Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2002). Selections. Alastair I. Johnston, New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2006). Selections. Week 15 (April 30 and May 2): Globalization Yongnian Zheng, Globalization and State Transformation in China (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004). Selections. Kang Liu, Globalization and Cultural Trends in China (Honolulu: University of Hawai i Press, 2004). Selections. Revised term paper due in class May 2. Final Examination: TBA by University Registrar. ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING POLICIES 1. Class attendance is mandatory. 2. Quizzes will be given each class to assess students reading of the assigned readings. 3. A midterm and a final exam will be given assess students mastery of the assigned readings and the lectures. The midterm and final exams are open book and open notes. 4. Students must complete a ten-page (double-spaced) term paper. 5. The grade will be based on in-class quizzes and class participation (20 6. Final grades will be assigned as follows: A ; A 88 89; B ; B 80 85; B 78 79; C ; C 70 75; C 68 69; D ; D 60 65; D 58 59; F Make-up work will be permitted only for documented emergencies. 8. Athletes, band members, and members of other outside activities must submit official documentation from their coaches or directors and make arrangements with the instructor prior to any assignments they miss. ADDITIONAL COSTS This course has no additional costs.

4 UNIVERSITY POLICIES Grade of I The grade of I is given only when a student s work is satisfactory in quality, but due to reasons beyond his or her control, the work has not been completed. The missing work may be a midterm or final examination, a term paper, or other work. It is not given in lieu of an F. The instructor will stipulate, in writing, at the time the grade is given the conditions under which the I may be removed. This temporary grade of I is non-punitive and semester hours for the course are not considered in the computation of the quality-point average. Removal must be within one calendar year after the I is assigned, or the I grade shall become an F. The grade I is not assigned if the student must retake the course. In the event a student who earns a grade of I decides to retake the course, the student is required to pay for that course. Scholastic Dishonesty Students must maintain a high standard of honesty in their academic work. They should avoid all forms of academic dishonesty, especially the following: 1. Plagiarism. The appropriation of passages, either word for word (or in substance) from the writing of another and the incorporation of these as one s own written work offered for credit. 2. Collusion. Working with another person in the preparation of notes, themes, reports, or other written work offered for credit unless such collaboration is specifically approved in advance by the instructor. 3. Cheating on an examination or quiz. Giving or receiving, offering or soliciting information, or using prepared material in an examination or testing situation. On examinations and quizzes students are expected (i) to remain in the examination room until the examination is finished, and (ii) to refrain from talking. 4. Impersonation. Allowing another person to attend classes, take examinations or to do graded assignments for an enrolled student under his or her name is strictly forbidden. A student who violates any of the above may incur severe disciplinary action ranging from suspension to expulsion from the University. Specific guidelines will be determined by each dean. Students with Disabilities TSU is in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and the Americans with Disabilities Act of Students with disabilities should register with the TSU Office for Disability Services.

5 BIBLIOGRAPHY Benewick, Robert, and Stephanie Donald. The State of China Atlas: Mapping the World s Fastest-Growing Economy. Rev. and updated ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, Bowers, John Z., J. William Hess, and Nathan Sivin, eds. Science and Medicine in Twentieth-Century China: Research and Education. Science, Medicine, and Technology in East Asia 3. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, Bray, David. Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System from Origins to Reform. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, Davis, Deborah, and Wang Feng. Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, de Bary, Wm. Theodore, Irene Bloom, Wing-tsit Chan, Joseph Adler, and Richard John Lufrano, eds. Sources of Chinese Tradition. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Introduction to Asian Civilization. New York: Columbia University Press, Ebrey, Patricia Buckley. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth. Contagious Capitalism: Globalization and the Politics of Labor in China. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Gold, Thomas, Doug Guthrie, and David L. Wank, eds. Social Connections in China: Institutions, Culture, and the Changing Nature of Guanxi. Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences 21. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Heilmann, Sebastian, and Elizabeth J. Perry. Mao s Invisible Hand: The Political Foundations of Adaptive Governance in China. Harvard contemporary China series 17. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, Huang, Yasheng. Selling China: Foreign Direct Investment during the Reform Era. New York: Cambridge University Press, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Hurst, William. The Chinese Worker after Socialism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Jiang, Qing, Daniel Bell, Ruiping Fan, and Edmund Ryden. A Confucian Constitutional Order: How China s Ancient Past Can Shape Its Political Future. Princeton-China Series. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, Johnston, Alastair I. New Directions in the Study of China s Foreign Policy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Joseph, William A. Politics in China: An Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Knight, John, and Lina Song. The Rural-Urban Divide Economic Disparities and Interactions in China. Studies on Contemporary China. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Li, Huaiyin. Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro History, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, Lieberthal, Kenneth. Governing China: From Revolution through Reform. 2nd ed. New York: W. W. Norton, Liu, Kang. Globalization and Cultural Trends in China. Honolulu: University of Hawai i Press, MacFarquhar, Roderick. The Politics of China: Sixty Years of the People s Republic of China. 3rd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, Naughton, Barry. The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, O Brien, Kevin J., and Lianjiang Li. Rightful Resistance in Rural China. Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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