Course Code and Course Title

[CHES5102] Selected Themes on Chinese International Relations

Time and Venue

Thu 18:30 - 21:15
ARC_G02

Instructor

Prof. Jean Pierre Cabestan

Course Description

This is an introductory course to some of the major contemporary issues in Chinese international relations. We will address these issues through concrete case studies such as China’s relations with its major partners (United States, Japan, the European Union, India, Koreas, etc), engagement with the United Nations, its role in global security issues, and its aid and development policy. We will also discuss how emerging issues as climate change, technology, and soft power are shifting the stakes in international relations.

By looking closer at the actors and their interactions, the course aims at complexifying classic debates about China’s emergence on the global stage, as a new “responsible” participant or a “revisionist” challenger of the international order.

Course Outline

1.China and the World: Introduction 

2.China and the World: Historical Background 

3.Foreign and Security Policy Decision-making and Implementation Processes 

4.China, Russia and Central Asia 

5.China and the United States 

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

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

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

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

10.China and Europe 

11.China and Developing Countries: Africa, Latin America and the Middle East

12.China and the World 

13.The Taiwan Issue: War or Peace?