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1. China and the World: Introduction (6 Sept.)

1.1  International Relations and Foreign Policy

1.2  International Relations Theories and China

1.3  China’s Power Attributes and Constraints

1.4  China’s International Objectives

2.China and the World: Historical Background (13 Sept.)

2.1  Imperial China: A Complex Past

2.2  19^th Century: China Among Unequals

2.3  Republican China: Attempted Integration in the World Community

2.4  The People’s Republic of China between Integration and Will to Power

3.Foreign and Security Policy Decision-making and Implementation Processes (20 Sept.)

3.1  Major Party and State Institutions involved in Decision-making

3.2  Xi Jinping’s Reforms

3.3  Policy Implementation and Gridlocks

4.China and the Socialist Bloc (27 Sept.)

4.1  Sino-Soviet Relations in the 1950s and implications for the domestic development of China

4.2  Sino-Soviet Conflicts: Causes and Consequences

4.3  China and the Soviet Bloc in the last decade of Cold War Era (1980s)

4.4  Sino-Russian Relations in the Post-Cold War Period

4.5  Relations between China and Central Asia since 1992

5.China and the United States (4 Oct.)

5.1  Ideological and Political Conflicts in the 50s and 60s

5.2  Sino-American Reconciliation in the 1970s: Strategic Rationale and the Balance of Power

5.3  Cooperation and Competition of the two Countries during the Open and Reform Era of China

5.4  Reunification of China: the Taiwan Issue and the Role of United States

6.China and Asia: (a) China and Japan (11 Oct.)

6.1  How does China See Asia

6.2  China-Japan Normalization and its Aftermath

6.3  Japan’s Role in Chinese Economic Development

6.4  China-Japan’s Strategic Rivalry

6.5  The Senkaku/Diaoyu Territorial Dispute

7.China and Asia: (b) China and the Korean Peninsula (18 Oct.)

7.1  The Korean War and its Aftermath

7.2  China-North Korea Relations

7.3  China-South Korea Relations

7.4  The North Korea Nuclear Issue

8.China and Asia: (c) China and South-East Asia (ASEAN) (25 Oct.)

8.1  “Comrades Plus Brothers”: Difficult Relations between China and Vietnam

8.2  China and Cambodia: before, during and after the Khmer Rouge regime          

8.3  China and non-communist South-East Asia: Towards a Partnership with ASEAN

8.4  The South China Sea Territorial and Maritime Issue

9.China and Asia: (d) China and South Asia (1 Nov.)

9.1  China “all-weather” friendship with Pakistan

9.2  China’s Growing Economic Partnership and Strategic Rivalry with India

9.3  The Sino-Indian Border Issue

9.4  China-India Competition in South Asia and the Indian Ocean

10.China and Europe (8 Nov.)

10.1  China’s View of Europe

10.2  China-European Union (EU) Relations

10.3  China’s Relations with Key European Nations

10.4  Sino-British Relations and Hong Kong

11.China and Developing Countries: Africa, Latin America and the Middle East (15 Nov.)

11.1  Sino-African Relations

11.2  Relations between China and Latin America

11.3  Relations between China and the Middle East

12.China and the World (22 Nov.)

12.1  China and the New International Political Order

12.2  On Regional Economic Development and Regional Security Multilateral Arrangements

12.3  China and the Issue of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

12.4  National Sovereignty and Globalization: China and International Institutions