Scope and Purpose:

This course will survey and analyze the foreign relations of the PRC since 1949, including the evolving relationships between China and other major global and regional actors such as the former Soviet Union (and Russia), the United States, Japan, Korea (north and south), India, Taiwan, Vietnam and Central Asia. In general, the course is divided into four parts: Ideology and Practice, Cold War and post-Cold War Relations with Russia and the United States, China’s Relations with its neighbors and China and the Global Community.

Readings:

Robert G. Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations: Power and Policy Since the Cold War (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008) ISBN-10: 0-7425-5537-2

One Course Packet (you need to buy the packet at the Political Science Main Office )

All the listed readings for the lecture should be read before the class session.

Grading:

The course grade will be based on one mid-term, a paper and the final exam:

Debates: 15%

Map Quiz: 5% (Feb. 2^nd)

Exam: 25% (March 13^th) Paper Appointment: 5%

Paper: 25% (May 1^st) Take Home Exam: 25% (May 8^th)

Exams (50%):

The exams are based on readings, debates, films and lecture material. It is your responsibility to know what has happened in class. A curve is not used in the grading, so you are not competing with each other. One week before each exam the instructor will hand out a study guide. Although the study guide is comprehensive, nothing will be on the exam that is not on the study guide. The mid-term exam will consist of three parts: (1) identify a number of terms with a single sentence answer, (2) identify concepts and issues with a single paragraph answer and (3) essay questions. The grading for each section is as follows part 1: 30%, part 2: 30% and part 3: 40%. The second exam is a take home exam and will consist of (1) identify concepts and issues with a single paragraph answer and (2) essay questions. You will receive the exam questions on May 6^th and you will turn in the exam questions typed on May 8^th, the last day of class.

Debates (15%):

The grading for the debates is based on attendance, participation and a one-page reaction paper (12 pt. double space). The reaction paper is due the following week. Each reaction paper is worth five points and late papers will lose one point per day. No papers will be accepted two weeks after the debate.

Paper (25%):

The paper should be at least 10 but no longer than 12 pages, and, of course, double-spaced with 12 pt. font. In your paper, you will present an argument (debate) and present the pros and cons of a specific topic then support your position.

First, select a relatively narrow topic that you have an interest in. An example of a broad topic is “The China Threat”. This topic is too broad and it is not an acceptable paper topic for this course. An example of a narrow topic is “The Chinese naval build up and the threat in the South China Sea.” Then, write a single sentence that contains the pro and con of the debate. For example, “Some analysts view the build up the Chinese navy in the South China Sea as threat to security of Vietnam and the Philippines, while others view the build up as a natural coastal defense of a growing nation.” Second, you need to restate your topic in the form of a clear research question that can be answered either as yes or no. “Is the Chinese naval build up in South China Sea a real threat to Vietnam and the Philippines?” Third, answer the question by providing both the pros and cons of the debate and then support your position. Papers are due Friday, May 1^st. Late papers will be penalized 5pts per day: **note that no papers will be accepted after May 8^th.

Paper Appointment (5%):

Once you have selected a topic, you must make an appointment to see me and discuss your research question and paper. The point of the meeting is to help you define the debate and develop a paper outline.

Criteria for Grading the Papers:

Papers are graded for both content and form. The evaluation of your paper is based on three questions: 1.) How well does the paper follow the assignment instructions? 2.) Is the paper organization clear with a concise argument/statement at the beginning, logical development of the argument and a solid conclusion? 3.) Is there plenty of evidence from the class and outside readings to back up the argument? Evidence can be paraphrased or quoted, but make sure you provide the proper citation for each piece of evidence you present (see the Reference Guide attached to the syllabus for the number and type of references required). No extended quotes. The total number of quotes for the whole paper cannot exceed one page double spaced. Your paper must have at least five references and more that two internet sources. You need at least one book from the library stacks (call number is required). No cut and paste tables or graphs, only graphs that are you create using Excel are acceptable.

Disabilities: Any student who has a disability that may influence class participation or test taking should contact the instructor at the earliest possible date so that accommodations can be made.

Class Participation: Students are encouraged to ask questions and participate during lectures and especially during the class debates.

Class Conduct:

-Turn off all cell phones—Cell phone penalties: each time a cell phone rings (or sings) in class everyone will lose one point off the final score for the course. However, if the professor’s phone goes off during call everyone receives two extra points on their final score.

-Do not read the newspaper, do work for other classes, or listen to music during class

Blackboard: This course will use Blackboard (https://courseware.ku.edu/). I will post the lecture out lines, study guides and debate questions on Blackboard. If you are not familiar with this web site or you need more information please see the attached student information sheet in this syllabus.

1/16 Introduction: Why study Chinese Foreign Policy?

Week 1: Introduction: Chinese Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective and the Mao Era

1/19 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: No Class

1/21 Lecture 1: Pre-1949 (Before the People’s Republic of China)

Readings: Hunt, “The Pertinence of the Past” (pp. 3-28) from The Genesis of Chinese Communist Foreign Policy (N.Y., N.Y.: Columbia University Press, 1996) pp, 3-28. Nathan and Ross, Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, Chapters 2 “Legacies”, pp. 19-34

1/23 Lecture 2: Personality and Ideology

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 2, pp. 19-46.

Week 2: Ideology and Practice in the Making of Chinese Foreign Policy (Post-Mao)

1/26 Lecture 3: Territorial Integrity

Readings: Nathan and Ross, Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, Chapter 11, pp. 194-211

1/28 Lecture 4: Theory and Practice

Readings: Kim, “Chinese Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice” in China and the World (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1999) pp. 3-33 [with special attention to pages 11-27]

1/30 Lecture 5: Structure and Process

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 3, pp. 53-77

Week 3: Sino-Soviet (Russian) Relations: Alliance to Enemy and Friendship?

2/2 Lecture 6: Grand Strategy?

Readings: Avery Goldstein, “China’s Grand Strategy and US Foreign Policy” Foreign Policy Research Institute, (September, 2005), pp. 1-5; “China’s Independent Foreign Policy of Peace” Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People’s Republic of China, August, 2003, pp.1-2; Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 1: “Strategy and Continuity in Contemporary Chinese Foreign Policy” pp. 1-17.

**Map Quiz

2/4 Lecture 7: Sino-Soviet

Readings: Nathan and Ross, Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, Chapter 3, pp. 35-55

2/6 Lecture 8: Sino-Russian

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 11, pp. 325-339

Week 4: Sino–American Relations: The Chinese View of America

2/9 Lecture 9: Debate: Is Russia more of an ally or an enemy? Does Russia have more to fear from China’s intentions and foreign interests or is it the other way around?

2/11 Lecture 10: China’s Historical View

Readings: Nathan and Ross, Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, Chapters 4, pp. 56-81; “Why Does America Always Pick on China?” People’s Daily, July 26, 2004

2/13 Lecture 11: China’s Post-Cold War Perceptions

Readings: Biwu Zhang, “Chinese Perceptions of American Power, 1991–2004” Asian Survey (September/October 2005), Vol. 45, No. 5, 667-686; Pew 2008 Survey of Chinese Citizens: Attitudes Toward the National Interest and the World, pp. 14-23

Week 5: American–Sino Relations: The American View of China

2/16 Lecture 12: Debate (Chinese Hardliners, Moderates, Radical Reformers and Dissidents)

2/18 Lecture 13: America’s Historical View

Reading: Grayson, “Introduction” from The American Image of China (New York: Ungar Publishing, 1979) pp. 35-70

2/20 Lecture 14: America: Public Opinion, China and Foreign Policy

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 6, pp. 155-188; Chicago Council of Global Affairs: US Public Awareness of China’s Rise, August 2008, pp. 1-4; James Mann, The China Fantasy, Introduction and Chapter 1, pp. 1-27

Week 6: PRC and Taiwan

2/23 Lecture 15: Debate (PRC US threat versus PRC US ally)

2/25 Lecture 16: Taiwan’s political system and transition

Reading: Dickson, “China’s Democratization and the Taiwan Experience” Asian Survey, vol. 38, no. 4, (April, 1998)

2/27 Lecture 17: PRC “Domestic” Policy: Nationalism and Unity

Readings: “PRC White Paper—The One China Principle and the Taiwan Issue” February 2000; Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 7, pp. 189-216.

Week 7: Taiwan and Africa

3/2 Lecture 18: Taiwan’s Dollar Diplomacy and a Recent PRC/ROC Relations

Readings: Ian Taylor, “Taiwan's Foreign Policy and Africa: the limitations of dollar diplomacy” Journal of Contemporary China, Volume 11, Number 30 / February 1, 2002

3/4 Lecture 19: Taiwan/PRC Debate (China, US and Taiwanese-Green/Blue positions);

3/6 Lecture 20: China and Africa

Readings: Wang and Bio-Tchane, “Africa’s Burgeoning Ties” Finance and Development, March, 2008, pp. 44-47; Halff, “Africa on My Mind: The Panda Menace,” The National Interest, August 2007, pp. 35-42; Lake Interview, 2 pages; Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 12, pp. 367-378.

Week 8: China, Oil and the Environment *Mid-Term Exam

3/9 Lecture 21: China and Oil

Readings: Zweig, “China’s Global Hunt for Energy” Foreign Affairs vol. 84, no. 5 (Sept/Oct 2005) pp. 1-7; “The Global Sweep to Mop Up the World’s Oil Resources” YaleGlobal (November 2005) pp. 1-3

3/11 Lecture 22: Debate—(African, Chinese and US/European positions); Is the China actively helping the African nations through training and investment, or is China exploiting the economic and political environment? Is the Chinese move to secure oil and natural recourses in Africa a possible threat or challenge to the United States and Europe?

3/13 Mid Term Exam

Week 9: Spring Break

3/16 No Class

3/18 No Class

3/20 No Class

Week 10: China’s Eastern Neighbors: Japan and North Korea

3/23 Lecture 23: Sino-Japan Relations

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 8, pp. 217-238; “Thousands join anti-Japan protest” BBC April 16^th, 2005; Willy Lam “Anti-Japanese protests pose long-term challenges for Beijing”, China Brief, Jamestown Foundation, vol. 5, no. 6 (April 2005)

3/25 Lecture 24: PRC and North Korea

Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 8, 238-260

3/27 Lecture 25: Debate—(Japan, China, North Korean and US positions); Where do the main source of Sino-Japanese reside? Is it with the Japanese refusal to fully address WWII atrocities, such as the controversy over history books and the Yasukuni Shrine, or the is it based on Chinese nationalism and Communist Party continued use of anti-Japanese rhetoric to sustain political legitimacy? Is China the best solution to the negations with North Korea over their nuclear program, or should the United States play a greater role (take the lead)?

Week 11: China’s Southern Neighbors India and Vietnam

3/30 Lecture 26: EU and China

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 11, pp. 339-349

4/1 Lecture 27: Sino-India and Pakistan

Reading: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 10, pp. 295-308

4/3 Lecture 28: Sino-Vietnam and Burma (Myanmar)

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 9, pp. 261-282

Week 12: China’s Western Neighbors Central Asia and the Middle East

4/6 Lecture 29: PRC and Central Asia

Reading: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 10, pp. 308-324;

4/8 Lecture 30: PRC and the Middle East

Reading: Rubin “China’s Middle East Strategy” Middle Easter Review of International Affairs vol. 3, no. 1 (1999), (9 pages); Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 12, pp. 355-367

4/10 Lecture 31: People’s Liberation Army

Readings: Nathan and Ross, Great Wall and the Empty Fortress: China's Search for Security, Chapter 8, pp. 137-157

Week 13: The “China Threat” Military/Global Security

4/13 Lecture 32: Weapons Procurement and Nuclear Forces

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 5, pp. 129-154

4/15 Lecture 33: In Class Debate—(India, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, US, EU, African and Central Asian Nation’s positions) Is China a regional or international threat? Who is the most threatened?

4/17 Lecture 34: “Opening of Western China” Conference: attend one session.

Week 14: China, Human Rights and International Institutions

4/20 Lecture 35: International Organizations, Law and Human Rights

Reading: Ann Kent, “China's International Socialization: The Role of International Organizations” Global Governance (September 2002), pp. 1-13

4/22 Lecture 36: Human Rights

Readings: Chan, “Human Rights in China and the United States: Competing Visions and Discrepant Performances” Human Rights Quarterly vol. 24, (2002), pp. 1035-1053

4/24 Lecture 37: Debate (United Nations, United States and China positions): Is China conforming to international standards of economic laws and human rights? Are some standards more culturally specific than others? Or ALL economic and human rights standards universal?

Week 15: China, America and the Global Economy (**Papers are Due May 1^st)

4/27 Lecture 38: China and the WTO

Readings: Sutter, Chinese Foreign Relations, Chapter 4, pp. 91-128; Bardhan “China, India Superpower? Not so Fast!” YaleGlobal (October, 2005) pp. 1-4

4/29 Lecture 39: China and the World Market

Readings: GTN, “Washington Consensus Definition” Harvard University, 2003; Joshua Cooper Ramo, “Beijing Consensus”, United Kingdom Foreign Policy Center, 2004,pp. 1-6; Alain Gresh “The world turned upside down: Understanding the Beijing Consensus” Le Monde diplomatique, November 2008, pp. 1-4; “How will the Beijing Consensus Benefit Africa?” The Broker, April 2007, pp. 1-8.

5/1 Lecture 40: American Economic Crisis and China

Readings: Altman, “The Great Crash” Foreign Affairs, January 2009, pp. 2-14; James, “The Making of a Mess” Foreign Affairs, January 2009, pp. 162-169; Luttwak, “The Declinists Wrong Again” The American Interest, December 2008, pp. 6-15

Week 16: China Model? **Last Exam: Take Home May 6^th Due May 8^th in Class (no exams will be accepted after 1:50 pm May 8^th)

5/4 Lecture 41: Debate (US, EU, East Asia, Africa and China positions): Is American Economic Model in decline? Does this mean the rise of the China Model? Or is China’s economic and political fortunes tied to the US economy?

5/6 Lecture 42: Final Wrap Up and Discussion (Hand Out Take Home Exam)

5/8 Lecture 43: Take Home Exam Due

5/12 No Final Exam on May 12^th

Paper References: The paper must have at least five references and only two references can be from the internet and at least one has to be from the library and you must cite the library call number in your reference page. **Remember, if you use JSTOR or and electronic resource to find a published journal article DO NOT cite the web address only cite the journal, magazine or newspaper.

Some resources from the KU Libraries (Information Gateway):

JSTOR

Project Muse

Article First

Expanded Academic

CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online

China Data Online (great for information on economy or social and demographic changes—the 2000 China census)

China/Asia Journals:

The China Quarterly

Asian Survey

Beijing Review

The China Journal

Harvard China Review

Journal of Asian Studies

Journal of Contemporary China

Journal of Chinese Political Science

Modern China

Pacific Affairs

The China Journal

Political Science Journals

American Political Science Review (APSR)

World Politics

International Security

International Organizations

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Policy

Harvard International Review

Yale Global Online (http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/)

Reference Guide for Paper Assignment

Reference: Single-Author Book

Alverez, A. (1970). The savage god: A study of suicide. New York:

Random House.

Reference: Book with More than One Author

Natarajan, R., & Chaturvedi, R. (1983). Geology of the Indian Ocean.

Hartford, CT: University of Hartford Press.

Reference: An Edited Volume

If you are refering to an article or signed chapter in an edited volume, your reference would look like this:

Pepin, R. E. (1998). “Uses of time in the political novels of Joseph Conrad.”

In C. W. Darling, Jr., J. Shields, & V. B. Villa (Eds.), Chronological looping

in political novels (pp. 99-135). Hartford: Capital Press.

Reference: Newspaper Articles

If the article is "signed" (that is, you know the author's name), begin with that author's name. (Notice the discontinuous pages.)

Poirot, C. (1998, March 17). “HIV prevention pill goes beyond 'morning after'.” The

Hartford Courant, pp. F1, F6.

If the author's name is not available, begin the reference with the headline or title in the author position.

“New exam for doctor of future.” (1989, March 15). The New York Times, B-10.

Parenthetical Citation

The APA system of citing sources indicates the author's last name and the date, in parentheses, within the text of your paper.

A). A typical citation of an entire work consists of the author's name and the year of publication.

Example: Charlotte and Emily Bronte were polar opposites, not only in their personalities but in their sources of inspiration for writing (Taylor, 1990).

Use the last name only in both first and subsequent citations, except when there is more than one author with the same last name. In that case, use the last name and the first initial.

B. If the author is named in the text, only the year is cited.

Example: According to Irene Taylor (1990), the personalities of Charlotte. . .

C. If both the name of the author and the date are used in the text, parenthetical reference is not necessary.

Example: In a 1989 article, Gould explains Darwin's most successful. . .

D. When the reference is to a work by two authors, cite both names each time the reference appears.

Example: Sexual-selection theory often has been used to explore patters of various insect mating (Alcock & Thornhill, 1983) . . . Alcock and Thornhill (1983) also demonstrate. . .

World Wide Wed citations:

Only professional web sites will be accepted such as major magazines (Time, Economist, Newsweek) or newspapers (New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post).

To cite files available on the WWW, give the author's name, last name first (if known); the full title of the work, in quotation marks; the title of the complete work (if applicable), in italics; any version or file numbers; and the date of the document or last revision (if available). Next, list the protocol (e.g., "http") and the full URL, followed by the date of access in parentheses.

Burka, Lauren P. "A Hypertext History
of Multi-User Dimensions." MUD History.
1993. http://www.utopia.com/talent/ lpb/muddex/essay (2 Aug. 1996).

In Text cite the author and the first word of the title:

As Burka states, “Some students frequently have a difficult time citing web sites.” (Burka, “Hypertext”).