教學大綱 Syllabus

1

Introduction

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Chinese Political Tradition

*Dreyer, Chap. 1& 2.

3

The CCP’s Rise to Power

What was the reasons behind Mao Zedong’s victory? What does it mean for China and rest of the world?

*Dreyer, Chap. 3 & 4.

Jung Chang, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (London: Flamingo, 1991).

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Leadership and Ideology

What’s communism? What does it mean for the Chinese? What’s Maoism? Is ideology still relevant? Who are the five generations of leadership in China?

* Wang, “The Erosion of Chinese Communist Ideology,” chapter 3, pp. 37-68.

**Ian Johnson, “Xi’s China: The Illusion of Change,” NY Times (2015/11/24).

David Shambaugh, “Rebuilding the Party: The Ideological Dimension,” in China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation (Wash. D.C.; Woodraw Wilson Center Press, 2008), pp. 103-127.

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Political Economy under Mao

Who is Chair Mao and what is his legacy?

*Dreyer, chapter 5, “PRC Politics under Mao”.

6

Film 1

China: A Century of Revolution, Part II.

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Political Economy in the Post-Mao Era

What are the reforms undertaken by Deng Xiaoping? Repercussions?

* Dreyer, chapter 6, “PRC Politics in the Post-Mao Era.”

*Dreyer, Chap. 7, “Politics of the Economy”.

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Xi’s Era

*Brown, chap. 2, “Xi the Man,” pp. 49-105.

9

Succession and Factionalism

Very intricate issues worthy of your attention.

*Dreyer, Chap. 9, “The Role of the Military.”

*Cheng Li, chap. 7, “Factions: One Party, Two Coalitions?” pp. 249-300.

Wang, “Elites and the Cadre System: Leadership Style, Factionalism, Succession, and Recruitment,” chapter 5, pp. 105-138

@Tang Tsou, “Chinese Politics at the Top: Factionalism or Informal Politics? Balance-of-Power Politics or a Game to Win All?” The China Journal, No. 34 (July 1995), pp. 95-156.

10

Power Structure and Decision-making

Find out the structure and functions of the CCP power apparatus; and the meaning of the Leninist party-state system.

**Allice Miller, “Road to the 19th Party Congress,” China Leadership Monitor, no, 51 (Fall 2016).

**Allice Miller, “Politburo Processes under Xi Jinping,” China Leadership Monitor, no. 47 (Summer 2015).

Cheng Li, “From Selection to Election? Experiments in the Recruitment of Chinese Political Elites,” China Leadership Monitor, No. 26 (2008).

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Political System

What’s the nature of the party-state system?

*Cheng Li, chap. 2, “Structure: China’s Party-State System,” pp. 41-76.

Pierre F. Landry, Decentralized Authoritarianism in China (Cambridge University Press, 2008), chap. 1, pp. 1-27.

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Film 2

1989 Tiananmen Incident

Transitions and Adaptation

Bruce J. Dickson, “Cooptation and Corporatism in China: The Logic of Party Adaptation,” Political Science Quarterly, 115:4 (2001), pp. 517-540.

*Minxin Pei, “Why Transitions Get Trapped: A Theoretical Framework,” China’s Trapped Transition: The Limits of Developmental Autocracy (Harvard University Press, 2006), pp. 17-44.

*David Shambaugh, “Rebuilding the Party: The Organizational Dimension,” “Can the Chinese Communist Party Survive?” in China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation, pp. 128-160.

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The Chinese Model

Is there a Chinese model? Why is it so unique?

*“China as an Economic Superpower,” in Martin Jacques, When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World (London: Allen Lane, 2009), pp. 151-193.

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Social Instabilities and Reforms

Is the Chinese society stable? What are the possible causes? Find out the ways Chinese authorities have resorted to clamp down on the internet and how the Chinese have resisted.

*Brown, “The Political Programme of Xi Jinping,” pp. 146-184.

**Roderick MacFarquar, “China: The Superpower of Mr. Xi,” ChinaFile (August 13, 2015).

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Corruption and Vulnerabilities

Find out why China has become one of the most corrupt countries in the world in such a short time? What are the causes? Who are they?

*Dreyer, Chap. 8, “Crime and Punishment.”

*Susan L. Shirk, China: Fragile Superpower (Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 1-12.

Melanie Manion, Corruption by Design: Building Clean Government in Mainland China and HK (Harvard University Press, 2004), Cha. 3.

16

Emergence of Civil Society

*Guobin Yang, “Online Activism in an Age of Contention,” in The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online (NY: Columbia University Press, 2009), pp. 25-43.

Dreyer, Chap. 14, “Foreign Policy”.

Yang Zhong, Jie Chen, “To Vote or Not to Vote: An Analysis of Peasants’ Participation in Chinese Village Elections,” Comparative Political Studies, 35:6 (August 2002), pp. 686-712.

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Future Prospects: Is Democracy an Option?

Would democracy reach China? Is it necessary? Is it possible to have “democracy with Chinese characteristics”?

**Douglas Heaven, “The Uncertain Future of Democracy,” BBC (2017/3/30)

**@ Andrew J. Nathan, “Authoritarian Resilience,” Journal of Democracy, 14:1 (January 2003), pp. 6-17.

**@ Henry S. Rowen, “When Will the Chinese People Be Free?” Journal of Democracy, 18:3 (July 2007), pp. 38-52.

Wang, “Democracy, Dissent, and the Tiananmen Mass Movement,” chapter 10, pp.269-300.

@Minxin Pei, “How Will China Democratize?” Journal of Democracy, 18:3 (July 2007), pp. 53-57.

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Group discussion

Group discussion