GOVT 3827 - China and the World

(crosslisted)
(also ASIAN 3327, CAPS 3827)(GB) (CA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

A. Carlson.

Study of the dramatic rise of China through reviewing major developments in contemporary Chinese foreign policy since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and concentrating more specifically on major developments in Chinese foreign policy during the 1980s and 1990s. Such a wide-ranging survey of Chinese foreign policy involves not only a consideration of the evolution of China’s relations with its major bilateral partners but also an investigation of how China has defined its broader relationship with the international system. In addition, students are asked to consider which causal factors have been of primary importance in motivating Chinese behavior. (IR)