Ce cours apparaît dans les formations suivantes :
• Faculté de Gestion, Economie & Sciences - Licences & Prépas - Préparation Grandes Ecoles + Licence 2 parcours Economie Finance - S4 - 2 ECTS

Pré requis

None

Objectifs du cours

Mao is the iconic founder, Deng Xiaoping made the country rich and now Xi Jinping is attempting to shape China. This course will explore the critical moves made by the PRC since its foundation.

Contenu du cours

Week 1

The Chinese World Order or Traditional China Collapse of the Chinese World Order

Week 2
1911-1949
The Rise of Mao or Essential Maoism
Mao was not born a Maoist but became an independent Marxist theoretician.

Week 3
Maoist China
Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution
The interruption of growth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJyoX_vrlns

Week 4
Deng Xiaoping - The Rise of a Competitive China

Week 5
Push/pull: The Dengist Gamble

Week 6
Video Born Under the Red Flag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkfpZh5RRbw&t=40s

Tiananmen - The Fall of Zhao Ziyang and the rise of Zhang Zemin

Week 7 Authoritarian China
The rise of Xi Jingping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuvyjFYArlc

Week 8 and 9

Oral Presentations

Possible Oral Presentation topics:

1. One belt, one road
   
   
2. Chinese investment in Africa
   
   
3. PRC-Taiwan Relations
   
   
4. ICT in China: The Great Firewall
   
   
5. China’s housing and banking crisis
6. Hong Kong and the democracy movement
7. The Great Firewall of China
   
   

Modalités d'enseignement

Organisation du cours

Grading:

Oral/written presentation 60% Attendence 20%
Class participation 20%

Méthodes pédagogiques

Évaluation

Contrôle continu : coeff. 1

Bibliographie

• See above