China’s rapid economic growth and re-engagement with the global economy since 1978 has far-reaching implications for China and the rest of the world, not only in economic terms, but also with regard to international political economy, regional and global engagement, resource demand and the environment.  This course will address these inter-related issues through a series of lectures on China’s economic reforms and the international political economy; political change and foreign policy-making; Chinese trade and global imbalances; Sino-US relations; China’s rise and global environmental challenges; China and global security issues; China’s role in Asia; a comparison of Chinese and Indian economic reform and development; China’s “Going Out” strategy and Sino-African ties; and issues in Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang.

By the end of this course, students will be able to identify the economic and political underpinnings of China’s rise; assess the implications of China’s rapid growth and re-engagement with the global economy; and gain a deeper understanding of China’s changing relations with other states and its participation in international institutions.  They will be able to demonstrate familiarity with a broad literature in these areas; critically analyse, discuss and debate China’s changing role in the world; and research and write a detailed and critical analysis of a key topic relating to the course.

Research Essay (3000 words) 40%, Tutorial Debate 25%, Tutorial Submissions 25% (5 in total, worth 5% each), Tutorial Participation 10%

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.