HKIB0112FU KIN, The political economy of contemporary China (Politics (China Studies Content Course 3 with Language) (F25)

This course provides students with a nuanced and research-based understanding of contemporary Chinese politics, political economy, and society. It explores China’s political system, institutional developments in the Chinese party-state, dynamics of state-society relations, and developments in key policy fields. The lectures focus on critical reading and discussion of academic literature. The text reading classes focus on the reading, translation, and analysis of different types of relevant materials in Chinese. In the conversation lessons, students train their Chinese listening and speaking skills.