Universität Wien

150217 PS China and the world: foreign policy 1949-2010 (2010W)

6.00 ECTS (1.00 SWS), SPL 15 - Ostasienwissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 04.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 18.10. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 15.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 29.11. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 13.12. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 10.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18
  • Monday 24.01. 14:15 - 15:45 Seminarraum Sinologie 2 UniCampus Hof 2 2F-O1-18

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The debate has been going on for centuries: Should China be isolated, kept at distance, or should it be culturally and politically engaged and integrated into the political system? Such a debate has dominated the dealings with China in the 60 years since the foundation of the People's Republic. In the 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War, the PRC was considered part of the Soviet dominated Eastern Bloc, during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, China tried to become a leader of revolutionary movements abroad, but actually isolated itself from any international co-operation. It was the new policy of Reform and Opening under Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s and 90s that did away with old grievances, and allowed China's rise to an economic and political power.

Assessment and permitted materials

Credits will be attributed on the basis of the oral presentation within the group, the individual written papers, and the active participation in debates. The main criteria will be to which extend the student is capable to analyze the main aspects of the topic and to present them in a systematic and scientific way.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The students should acquire baic knowledge on China's international relations and foreign policy after 1949 in their historical, political and economic context, and they should acquaint themselves with available literature on the subject.

Examination topics

After an introduction to the subject the students, in small groups, prepare presentations on specific aspects, which will be analyzed and discussed by the plenum. Then the students will individually write papers on their subject (approx. 20.000 characters net + list of consulted literature).

Reading list

Selected books, articles and internet resources:

CHEN Jian: Mao's China and the Cold War. University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill 2001

David S. G. GOODMAN (Ed.): China rising: nationalism and interdependence. London 1997

GUO Sujian (Ed.): China's Peaceful Rise in the 21st Century: Domestic and International Conditions, Ashgate Publishing, August 2006

Alastair Ian JOHNSTON, Robert S. ROSS (Eds.): Engaging China. The Management of an Emerging Power. London/New York 1999

Thomas W. ROBINSON, David SHAMBAUGH (Eds.): Chinese Foreign Policy. Theory and Practice. Oxford 1994

Oskar WEGGEL: Die Außenpolitik der VR China. Stuttgart etc. 1977

Helmut OPLETAL: Entspannung oder neue Rivalitäten? China und Südostasien nach dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts. In: BINDERHOFER u. a. (Hrsg.): Das pazifische Jahrhundert? Wirtschaftliche, ökologische und politische Entwicklungen in Ost- und Südostasien (Historische Sozialkunde 10). Wien 1996 (+weitere Beiträge zum Thema)

Andrea RIEMER: Chinas strategische Neupositionierung im geopolitischen Kontext. In: Schriftenreihe der Landesverteidigungsakademie. Wien, Nr. 14/2005

XU Xin: China's Defence Strategy under New Circumstances. In: Foreign Affairs Journal (Peking), Nr. 29, Sept. 1993

ZHENG Bijian: Peacefully Rising to Great-Power Status. In: Foreign Affairs. September/October 2005. S. 18-24 (+ weitere Artikel zum Thema in der gleichen Nummer)

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/
(Webseite des Außenministeriums der VR China, engl.)

http://www.mofa.gov.tw/webapp/mp?mp=6
(Webseite des Außenministeriums der Republik China/Taiwan, engl.)

http://www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/ch/
(US State Department, Seite zu China)

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/index_en.htm
(EU-Seite zu Beziehungen mit China, engl.)

Association in the course directory

PR 410

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