China's rapid economic growth and re-engagement with the global economy since 1978 has far-reaching implications for the world, not only in economic terms, but also with regard to international political economy, regional and global engagement, resource demand and the environment, and demographic change.  This course will address these implications through a variety of topics.  Students will be encouraged to read widely and engage in critical discussion on each topic, and to complete one research essay and one book review.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

Identify and assess the implications of China's rapid growth and re-engagement with the global economy;

Demonstrate familiarity with a broad literature in this area;

Drawing on key readings, critically analyse and discuss China's changing role in the world; and

Research and present a detailed and critical analysis of a key topic.

Arrighi, Giovanni (2007) Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21^st Century, Verso, London, New York.

Aziz, Jahangir, Steven Dunaway and Eswar Presad (eds) (2006), China and India: Learning from Each Other, Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.

Broadman, Harry (2007), Africa's Silk Road: China and India's New Economic Frontier, The World Bank, Washington DC.

Garnaut, Ross, Ligang Song and Wing Thye Woo (eds) (2008), China's Dilemma: Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change, Asia Pacific Press, Brookings Institution Press and Social Sciences Academic Press.

Golley, Jane and Rod Tyers (2009), Demographic Change and Economic Performance in China, under contract with Princeton University Press.

Hope, Nicholas, Dennis Tao Yang and Mu Yang Li (2003), How Far Across the River?  Chinese Policy Reform at the Millenium, Stanford University Press.

Naughton, Barry (2007), The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth, The MIT Press, Cambridge MA.

Nolan, Peter (1995), China's Rise, Russia's Fall: Politics, Economics and Planning in the Transition from Stalinism, Macmillan Press, London.

Santiso, Javier (ed) (2007), The Visible Hand of China in Latin America, OECD, Paris.

Shirk, Susan (2007), China, Fragile Superpower, Oxford University Press, New York.

Zweig, David and Zhemin Chen (editors) (2007), China's Reforms and International Political Economy, Routledge, London.