Unit name | Sino-US Relations in Global Politics |
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Unit code | POLIM3033 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Zhang |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The relationship between the United State and China is arguably the most important bilateral relations that shapes global politics in the 21st century. It is perhaps also the most turbulent great power relations in the last sixty years. This unit examines first this troubled relationship in history. Through different theoretical and interpretive lenses, it looks at the conflict and cooperation between these two great powers and its strategic implications for regional and global security and the emerging global order. To provoke students' thinking about how the dynamics of this set of great power relations is likely to affect global political economy in the future, it will also discuss a number of paradoxes and puzzles in the current engagement between the two largest economies in the world.
Aims:
Upon completion of this unit, students are expected to acquire:
The unit will be taught through blended learning methods, including a mix of synchronous and asynchronous teaching activities
Formative assessment in the form of 10 minute seminar presentation with one-page handout, which provides opportunity to evaluate students' acquisition of knowledge and to monitor their skill development with written feedback;
Summative assessment: a 4,000 word essay (100%), which tests students' analytical knowledge acquired through the unit and their ability for critical thinking and their skills for independent enquiry.