Key Words and Phrases for Short Answers:
Confucius. Legalism. Qin Shi Huangdi (of
the Qin dynasty), Qian Lung (Qing dynasty).
Hydraulic society (Karl Wittfoegle). Natural
resources. Dynastic Cycle.
Joseph Needham, Li Bai, Dufu
Basic geography: Rivers (Yellow, Yangtze, Pearl)
Cities: (Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Taibei)
structure of language (characters vs. romanization)
Opium war. Tsingdao. KMT. Kuomintang,
Guomindang, Cixi.
Marxism, Leninism, Stalinism
Sun Yatsen. Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo
May 4. CCP. long march. Mao's
revolutionary strategy, 100 flowers.
anti-rightist campaign, land reform.
great leap forward. cultural revolution.
Democracy Wall. Tiananmen.
party-government relations. nomenklatura.
candidate member.
Four modernizations. Four basic or cardinal
principles. Market Leninism
Normalization. Deng's Trip South.
Joint Venture. Guanxi. red eye. iron rice bowl.
Mao Zedong. Zhou Enlai. Hua Guofeng.
Deng Xiaoping. Chen Yun
Li Peng. Jiang Zemin. Zhao Ziyang.
Zhu Rungji. Hu Yaobang.
Shenzhen. Putong. asset ripoff. responsibility
system
procurator. gulag. laojiao.
laogai. hukou
princelings, falungong,
zhong nan hai, Baidaihe, local emperor,
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legal system:
various laws that have been enacted; what fields
are more or less affected by "rule of law"
principlies of judicial analysis, influences
on judges
lao jiao, lao gai
what reforms are under consideration in Chinese
law?
asset stripping
policy changes under Hu Jintao (?)
AIDS in China -- regions, changes in government
policy and AIDS treatment
What are some the abuses in human rights that
have been attributed to China
stages of China's foreign relations, "the China
card", ping-pong diplomancy,
cold war and its end, war on terror
Relations/status of Taiwan, Tibet, Hong Kong,
Xinjiang,
Chiang Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo), Chen Shui-bian
Taiwan's international status, Taiwan's domestic
political dynamics
Hong Kong's Basic Law
Essays:
1. Discuss the similarities and differences between China's traditional Confucian approach to politics and the approach of Mao Zedong.
2. Describe the socialist system that was established
in China during the 1950's. Be sure to include detailed descriptions
of the agricultural, industrial, and political systems. What were
the advantages and
disadvantages of this system?
3. How did the Communist Party maintian its conrol over society during the Maoist period?
4. Review China's efforts to reform traditional
communism during the period of Deng Xiaoping. Why were reforms advocated?
What reforms were discussed, experimented, and implemented in agriculture,
industry,
international relations, and politics?
What problems were encountered when structural reform was tried?
Be sure to include economic, social, and political perspectives.
5. What has been the fate of social services (education, health services, pensions) during the reform period, including the most recent changes?
6. Describe China's political system in the pre-reform
era, with special emphasis on the respective roles of, and the relationship
between, the government and the CCP. How has this relationship been
affected by the
reforms of the last decade?
7. Discuss the relationship between political reform and economic reform in China. How have they been sequenced and connected? In what ways does economic reform require or cause political reform?
8. Discuss how the reform process has resulted in increased differentiation in China? List and describe different social groups (by occupation, wealth, geography, etc.)
9. Compare the way Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin have planned for the transfer of power to their successors. What are the similarities, differences, and trajectory.
10. Is China's political system stable? Discuss the reasons that it might face irresistible challenges? Discuss the reasons it might survive such a challenge and remain in power with minimal change.
11. Is China still communist? If so, why? If not, why, and what is it? In your answer, consider the basic political structure and policies, economic structure and policies, and class structure of ruling elites.
12. What are the repressive capabilities of the Chinese state? Include ways the state deals with organized, disorganized, and potentially organized movements as well as individuals who challenge the state.
13. How does the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the cold war affect China's relations with the United States? How were those relations affected by September 11 (2001)?
14. What was the key insight you learned from doing your term paper?
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