This unit aims to build students' broad and fundamental appreciation of the diversity, positioning and interactions of Asian countries in the globe. The unit facilitates a sophisticated understanding of the increasingly relevant and influential role played by twenty-first century Asia in a global context, and builds an inter-disciplinary platform for further study of other specific areas. A wide range of issues, which make up today's Asia, will be analysed from political, economic, historical, socio-cultural and religious perspectives. Interactions amongst students from widely diverse backgrounds will maximise opportunities to broaden intercultural awareness of Asia and to nurture... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Sung-Ae Lee
