POL208 Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Petr Tomáš (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Mon 14:00–15:40 G24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Předpokladem pro zápis kurzu je základní znalost čínských reálií a historie 20. století - Dějiny Číny od J.K. Fairbanka (edice Lidových novin) je jako základ vcelku postačující.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide an overview of the main issues in today's foreign policy of the People's Republic of China.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Historical and ideological basis of Chinese foreign and security policy recommended readings: Fairbank, J.: Dějiny Číny, LN 1999. p. 474 - 491 Fürst, R. Čína na cestě od izolacionismu k plíživé globalizaci. Mezinárodní vztahy 2/2002, p. 5-28 Segal, G.: Does China Matter? Foreign Affaires Sept/Oct 99 Vol. 78 No. 5, p. 24 - 36 3. Social and economic basis of Chinese foreign and security policy recommended readings: Saich, T.: China on the Threshold of a Market Economy http://ksghome.harvard.edu/~.asaich.Academic.KSG/China-on-the-Threshold-of-a-Market-Economy.pdf 4. China - USA I. recommended readings: Medvedev Roy : China and the superpowers. Oxford 1987. p. 94 - 109 Rudolf, P: Zadržování prostřednictvím zapojování - politika USA vůči Číně v protikladu zájmů. Mezinárodní vztahy 3/1998, p. 37-50 5. China - USA II. XIA Liping: U.S. National Security Strategy and China-US Strategic Stability Framework. SIIS Journal No.2, 2003 http://www.siis.org.cn/english/journal/en20031-2/xialiping.htm 6. China - Russia recommended readings: Jing-dong Yuan : Sino-Russian Confidence Building Measures: A Preliminary Analysis. Centre of International Relations, WP No. 20, January 1998. http://www.iir.ubc.ca/pdffiles/webwp20.pdf Galina Vitkovskaya: Does Chinese Migration Endanger Russian Security? BP, Vol. I, Issue 08, August 1999 http://www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/briefings/48353.htm 7. The Republic of China - Tchaj wan recommended readings: Taiwan Strait I. What's left of "One China"? ICG June 6, 2003. s. 1-22. http://taiwansecurity.org/IS/2003/ICG-1.pdf 8. China - India, Pakistan recommended readings: The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know. p. 13 - 26. (section one, two and three). http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/indiachina01.html 9. China and Southeast Asia, Chinese diaspora recommended readings: J.P. Burgess: The Politics of the South China Sea: Territoriality and International Law. Security Dialog. 2003 Vol. 34(1), p. 7- 10. A.Ch. Guan: ASEAN, China and the South China Sea Dispute, A Rejoinder. Security Dialog. 1999 Vol.30(4), p. 425 - 430. Ji Guoxing: China Versus South China Sea Security. Security Dialog. 1998 Vol.29(1), p. 101 - 112. 10. China - Japan recommended readings: Austin, G., Harris, S.: Japan and Greater China. University of Hawaii Press Honolulu 2001. p. 8 - 21, 89 - 99 11. Chinese security strategy and Chinese army recommended readings: White Paper on China's National Defense in 2002. část I., II. a VI. http://english.people.com.cn/features/ndpaper2002/nd.html Fürst, R.: Čínská vojenská hrozba. Mezinárodní vztahy 1/2001, p. 76-91 12. China - superpower of 21. century?
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kurz je strukturován jako hodina přednášky a hodina semináře. Podmínky absolvování kurzu -odevzdání dvou esejů na vybrané téma 4. a 8. týden v rozsahu cca 700 - 900 slov -odevzdání seminární práce v rozsahu cca 3000 slov na konci semestru
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005.
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