Course Description
Course examines the evolution of China’s foreign relations and its foreign policy, with a focus on the various factors that affect Chinese foreign policy decision-making, China’s interactions with various countries and regions, as well as the rise of China and its global implications.
Athena Title
Chinese FP Hist Perspective
Prerequisite
INTL 1100 or INTL 1100E or INTL 1100H or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S or any 2000-level HIST course
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the general strategy of Chinese foreign policy and well-equipped to discuss factors affecting and the process of Chinese foreign policymaking.
- By the end of this course, students will develop a good understanding of China’s relations with major countries and international actors, especially the United States.
- By the end of this course, students will develop a historical perspective and gain the capacity to use history and historical analysis to inform contemporary international relations and foreign policy.
- By the end of this course, students will develop the analytical capacity to apply and test international relations theories in the case of China.
Topical Outline
- China in the World: Power, Geography, History, and Memory
- History of Chinese Foreign Relations & Evolving Chinese Foreign Policy
- China and the U.S.
- China and Russia
- China and the Developing World
- China and the Cross-Strait Relations
- China’s Economic Statecraft and Its Foreign Policy
- China’s Technological Development and Its Global Impact
- China’s Military Growth and Its Implications
- China’s Soft Power
- Human Rights in Chinese Foreign Relations
- Chinese Nationalism
