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“Between Tradition and Modernity: Cases of Taiwan and Asia” is a required course offered by the Master’s Program in Global Communication and Innovation Technology. This course aims to address issues related to the transition and connection between the past and the present as seen from Taiwan and its geographically and politically adjacent international community. The course will be conducted in the form of expert speeches, invited lectures, and field trips to the cultural or historical sites marking the trajectory between local tradition and modernity, and it consists of three main parts: (1) Connecting the World (lectured by Prof. William Stanton); (2) Cultural Heritage and Beyond (organized and coordinated by Professor Shichi Lan); and (3) Connecting Past and Present (organized and coordinated by Professor Christine Cook).
能力項目說明
For both short essay and term project assignments, please avoid plagiarism which will violate the university policy concerning academic ethics. Any assignment found to be plagiarizing someone’s work without proper acknowledgment will be marked zero. A range of penalties will also be applied to serious or repeated cases of plagiarism by the university, including terminating your enrollment in this course.
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Topic |
Content |
Instructor |
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1. |
2/20 |
Introduction |
Introduction to course schedule; self-introduction of class instructors and students |
All |
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2. |
2/27 |
Connecting the world |
Lessons Learned as a U.S. Diplomat, 1978- 2012 |
Stanton |
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3. |
3/5 |
Connecting the world |
The United States: Enormous Geo-Strategic Advantages and Daunting Challenges |
Stanton |
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4. |
3/12 |
Connecting the world |
China: Ambitions and Challenges |
Stanton |
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5. |
3/19 |
Connecting the world |
The South China Sea: A Struggle for Territory, Resources, and Strategic Domination, and a Threat to Peace and Prosperity |
Stanton |
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6. |
3/26 |
Connecting the world |
Taiwan: Achievements, Geopolitical Challenges, and Its Future |
Stanton |
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7. |
4/2 |
Cultural Heritage and Beyond |
Historical Overview of Taiwan’s History After Empire: Decolonization and (Re)Nationalization of Ethnic Koreans in Postcolonial Taiwan |
Lan; Dr. Amae Yoshihisa |
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8. |
4/9 |
Cultural Heritage and Beyond |
Colonial Heritage in Contemporary Taiwan From Colonial to Cultural: Appropriation of Japanese Structures in Present-day Taiwan |
Lan; Dr. Amae Yoshihisa |
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9. |
4/16 |
Cultural Heritage and Beyond |
Political Culture and Identity in Taiwan Between “Pro-Japan” and “Anti-Japan:” Historical Memories and Representation of WWII in Taiwanese Popular Culture |
Lan; Dr. Amae Yoshihisa |
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10. |
4/23 |
Cultural Heritage and Beyond |
History of Business and Entrepreneurs in Taiwan |
Lan; Dr. Chen, Chia-hao |
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11. |
4/30 |
Connecting Past and Present |
The Modern Culture of Taiwan: A Quantitative and Theoretical Perspective |
Cook |
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12. |
5/7 |
Connecting Past and Present |
Taiwanese Pop Culture |
Cook |
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13. |
5/14 |
Connecting Past and Present |
Taiwan in the eyes of Traditional and New Media |
Cook |
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14. |
5/21 |
No class; NCCU anniversary |
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15. |
5/28 |
Connecting Past and Present |
Indigenous Culture in Taiwan (Guest Lecture) |
Cook |
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16. |
6/4 |
Connecting Past and Present |
Field Trip: Historical Walking Tour of Old Taipei |
Cook |
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17. |
6/11 |
No class; Flexible instruction |
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18. |
6/18 |
No class; Flexible instruction |
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Students’ performance in this class will be evaluated by the following criteria:
Attendance and participation (10%): Students are expected to actively and critically participate in class, sharing ideas and interacting with instructors and other students.
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Recommended and suggested readings for Professor William Stanton’s lectures are as follows: 1. The United States: Enormous Geo-Strategic Advantages and Daunting Challenges Required: Zeihan, Peter, The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder (New York: Twelve/Hatchette Book Group, 2014), Chapter 4: “Enter the Accidental Superpower” pp. 46-77. Marshall, Tim, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything about the World (New York: Scribner, 2015), Chapter 3: “United States.” 可參考中譯版《用十張地圖看懂全球政經局勢》，第三章。 Suggested: Beckley, Michael, Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World’s Sole Superpower, Cornell University Press, 2018. Zeihan, Peter, The End of the World is Just Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization, Harper Collins 2022. Beckley, Michael, “Delusions of Détente: Why America and China Will Be Enduring Rivals,” Sept/Oct 2023, Foreign Affairs (Aug. 22, 2023) https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/china-delusions-detente-rivals Rapley, John, “America Is an Empire in Decline. That Doesn’t Mean It Has to Fall,” New York Times, September 4, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/opinion/america-rome-empire.html Boot, Max, “What the Neocons Got Wrong: And How the Iraq War Taught Me About the Limits of American Power,” Foreign Affairs, March 10, 2023, https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2023/03/10/what-the-neocons-got-wrong-2/content.html Bednar, Jenna and Mariano Florentino Cuellar, “The Fractured Superpower: Federalism is Remaking U.S. Democracy and Foreign Policy,” Foreign Affairs, October 26, 2022, https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2022/10/26/the-fractured-superpower/content.html Rhodes, Ben, “Them and Us: How America Lets Its Enemies Hijack Its Foreign Policy,” Foreign Affairs, September /October 2021, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-08-24/foreign-policy-them-and-us
2. China: Ambitions and Challenges Required: Marshall, Tim, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Explain Everything about the World (New York: Scribner, 2015) Chapter 2: “China.” 可參考中譯版《用十張地圖看懂全球政經局勢》，第二章。 Suggested: Martínez, Luis R., “How to Spot an Autocrat’s Economic Lies: In China and Elsewhere, Forget the Numbers—Look at the Lights,” Foreign Affairs, May 10, 2023, https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2023/05/10/how-to-spot-an-autocrats-economic-lies/content.html Pomfret, John and Pottinger, Matt. “Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War: The World Should Take Him Seriously,” Foreign Affairs, March 29, 2023, https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2023/03/29/xi-jinping-says-he-is-preparing-china-for-war/content.html China Power Team, "Unpacking China’s GDP, " China Power, December 20, 2022. Updated January 12, 2023. Accessed June 14, 2023, https://chinapower.csis.org/tracker/china-gdp/ Rudd, Kevin, “The World According to Xi Jinping,” Foreign Affairs, November 01, 2022, Rogers, Benedict, “Michelle Bachelet’s Failed Xinjiang Trip Has Tainted Her Whole Legacy: The U.N. human rights commissioner ended up whitewashing China’s atrocities,” Foreign Policy, June 13, 2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/25/us-china-indo-pacific-military-strategy/ Singleton, Craig, “China’s Crisis of Confidence: What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?” Foreign Policy, June 12, 2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/13/china-xi-jinping-economy-downturn-slowdown-decline-geopolitics-competition-united-states/ Ran Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, “What the West Gets Wrong about China,” Harvard Business Review, May-June 2021, https://hbr.org/2021/05/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-china Nathan, Andrew J., “What exactly is America’s China Policy? : The United States needs to right-size the China threat to know how to counter it,” Foreign Policy, April 14, 2022 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/14/us-china-biden-strategy-geopolitics/ Suggested Video: WION, “Gravitas Plus: China is drilling the world's deepest hole: Here's why,” YouTube, June 3, 2023, https://youtu.be/cTrfUgc7d0k
3. The South China Sea: A Struggle for Territory, Resources, and Strategic Domination, and a Threat to Peace and Prosperity Required: Kaplan, Robert D., Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific, (New York: Random House, 2014) Chapter 8: “The State of Nature,” pp. 398-405. Suggested: Kaplan, Robert D., Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific. NewYork: Random House, 2014. Chapter 1: “The Humanist Dilemma,” pp. 5-31; and the rest of Chapter 8. Poling, Gregory, “Beijing’s Upper Hand in the South China Sea: Why Time is Running Out to Secure U.S. Interests,” Foreign Affairs, August 18, 2022, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/beijing-upper-hand-south-china-sea Glaser, Bonnie S. and Gregory Poling, “China’s Power Grab in the South China Sea: How to Build a Coalition to Confront Beijing,” Foreign Affairs, August 20, 2021, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2021-08-20/chinas-power-grab-south-china-sea Gray, Alexander B., “The Pacific Shouldn’t be a ‘Strategic Surprise’: Why aren’t Beijing’s ambitions in the region obvious to Washington?”, Foreign Policy, January 25, 2022, https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/01/25/us-china-indo-pacific-military-strategy/ Heydarian, Richard Javad, “Will the South China Sea Spark the Next Global Conflict?” The Diplomat, Issue 79, June 2021, https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/will-the-south-china-sea-spark-the-next-global-conflict/
4. Taiwan: Achievements, Geopolitical Challenges, and its Future Required: Stanton, William, “Learning to Appreciate a Modern Miracle: Taiwan,” Taiwan News, 19/02/2019, https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3640792 Rigger, Shelly, Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman and Littlefield, 2011) Chapter 9: “Why Taiwan Matters to America and the World,” pp. 187-197. Suggested: Brands, Hal, “Deterrence in Taiwan is Failing: The United States is committed to keeping the peace but isn’t doing enough to stop the war,” Foreign Policy, September 8, 2023, https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/09/08/us-military-deterrence-china-taiwan-war-east-asia/ Birgbauer, Peter, “China and Taiwan: The Geopolitical Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight,” The Diplomat, October 21, 2022, https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/china-and-taiwan-the-geopolitical-crisis-hiding-in-plain-sight/ Green, Brendan Rittenhouse, and Caitlin Talmadge, “The Consequences of Conquest: Why Indo-Pacific Power Hinges on Taiwan,” Foreign Affairs, July/August 2022, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/china/2022-06-16/consequences-conquest-taiwan-indo-pacific Gitter, David, “Can the US Deter a Taiwan Invasion?” The Diplomat, May 2022, Issue 90. https://thediplomat.com/2022/04/can-the-us-deter-a-taiwan-invasion/ Gallagher, Mike, “Taiwan Can't Wait: What America Must Do To Prevent a Successful Chinese Invasion,” Foreign Affairs, February 1, 2022, https://reader.foreignaffairs.com/2022/02/01/taiwan-cant-wait/content.html Bolton, John and Derik R. Zitelman, “Why Taiwan Matters to the United States: Washington has strategic, economic, and normative reasons for safeguarding the island from Chinese coercion,” The Diplomat, August 23, 2021, https://thediplomat.com/2021/08/why-taiwan-matters-to-the-united-states/
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