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Social Issues in Contemporary China

  • ASIA3003
  • Semester 1, offshore teaching period (see Timetable)
  • 6 points
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This unit provides a comprehensive introduction to the major social, cultural and political issues that characterise contemporary China. A number of important issue/areas are analysed and researched by students including the ongoing transformation of the Communist Party of China; the development of a nascent civil society; the current state of rural China; the massive rural to urban migration; the impact of economic development on social life and the environment; and the significance of globalisation for Chinese society and culture. <br/><br/>Much of what is assumed to be known about China involves certain presuppositions and assumptions about the nature of political, social and cultural... -- Course Website

Instructor: Professor Gary Sigley

Prerequisites: any Level 2 Asian Studies unit or two Level 2 Chinese language units



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