Type of Credit: Elective
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This is a course on the transformation of Chinese business in the era of post-globalization and geoeconomics. The course is organized around fifteen seminars, covering structural, institutional, environmental, technological and cultural transformation of Chinese business and Chinese economy.
能力項目說明
Since this is a seminar-based course, students must participate actively in the discussion. Participants are required to finish the readings before the weekly class meetings.
Registered students and auditors must make at least two formal presentations in class:
(1) Choose one of the topics for weekly sessions. You and those who select the same topic are responsible for identifying key arguments of the reading materials and providing additional information.
(2) Choose one of the “Case and Presentation” sessions and present your research findings. Normally it will be related to your term paper topics.
Instructor will lead the discussion of the weekly session, lecture supplemental topics, and raise further questions.
All the reading materials, except downloadable internet documents, will be compiled in the reading packet.
| 教學週次Course Week | 彈性補充教學週次Flexible Supplemental Instruction Week | 彈性補充教學類別Flexible Supplemental Instruction Type |
|---|---|---|
1.Introduction and Organization
2. Coping with the New Economic Order in the Post-Pandemic World
Allen J. Morrison, J. Stewart Black,” Is China’s Economic Dominance at an Inflection Point?”, Harvard Business Review, Feb, 2024
https://hbr.org/2024/02/is-chinas-economic-dominance-at-an-inflection-point
“Business in an Era of Heightened Geopolitical Instability.” Economist Impact. 2022. https://impact.economist.com/perspectives/sites/default/files/ei_norsk_hydro_briefing_report_ business_in_an_era_of_heightened_geopolitical_instability.pdf
Ling Chen and Barry Naughton, “A Dynamic China Model: The Co-Evolution of Economics and Politics in China.” Journal of Contemporary China, Vol. 26, No. 103 (January 2017), pp. 18-34
3. Historical Legacies of Pre-Reform China
A brief historical and background introduction to China in the pre-reform era.
Yingyi Qian, “How Reform Worked in China.” Dept. of Economics, UC Berkeley, 2001. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=317460
Historical review video.
4. State Business Relationship and Chinese Business Culture
Meg Rithmire and Hao Chen, “The Emergence of Mafia-like Business Systems in China.” The China Quarterly, Vol. 248, No. 1 (December 2021), pp. 1037-1058.
https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/21-098_8bddf731-212d-4939-a3ca-0d708d53c7 d3.pdf
Yanjie Bian, “The Prevalence and the Increasing Significance of Guanxi.” The China Quarterly, Vol. 235 (September 2018), pp. 597-621.
MingJer Chen and Danny Miller, “The Relational Perspective as a Business Mindset: Managerial Implications for East and West.” Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 25, No. 3(August 2011), pp. 6-18.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23045047
5. China’s Foreign Investments and Regional Development
“China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2023”, Griffith University, 2024
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“The China Imperative for Multinational Companies.” McKinsey Global Institute, 2023. https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/mckinsey%20global%20institute/our%20resea rch/the%20china%20imperative%20for%20multinational%20companies/the-china-imperat ive-for-multinational-companies_vf2.pdf
Richard Hu, “Shanghai: New Directions in Chinese Metropolitan Planning.” Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities, 2023, pp.126-139.
6. Cases and Presentations: Doing Business in the Regional context and BRI
Choose specific cities, such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Xian, or more detailed studies on BRI/AIIB. etc. Cases of China’s investments and engagements with the “global south” may also be discussed.
7. China’s High Tech Development
Larry Diamond ed. Silicon Triangle ( Hoover Institution, 2023); selected chapters
Mathew Johnson, “China’s Grand Strategy for Global Data Dominance.” Hoover Institution, April, 2023. https://www.hoover.org/research/chinas-grand-strategy-global-data-dominance
Rob Toews, “The Geopolitics of AI Chips will Define the Future of AI.” Forbes, May 7, 2023. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2023/05/07/the-geopolitics-of-ai-chips-will-define-the-future-of-ai/
8. Cases and Presentations: AI, E Commerce, Big Data, and the Chinese Version of Industries 4.0
Cases of evaluating China’s IT, semi-conductor, AI, big data, telecom, bio-tech, electronics, e-commerce, fintech, space technology, etc.; Impacts of US-China chip wars. The Role of Taiwan and other Asian economies.
9. Electric Vehicles, New Energy, and Environmental Industries in China
Chengyi Lin, “3 Drivers of China’s Booming Electric Vehicle Market”, HBR, January, 2024
https://hbr.org/2024/01/3-drivers-of-chinas-booming-electric-vehicle-market
Sirma Altun and Ceren Ergenc, ”The EU and China in the Global Climate Regime: A Dialectical Collaboration-Competition Relationship.” Asia Europe Journal, Vol. 21(May, 2023), pp.437-487.
Gørild M. Heggelund, “China’s Climate and Energy Policy: At a Turning Point? “ International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 21, No. 2/3 (2021), pp. 9-23.
Godfrey Yeung and Yi Liu, “Hybrid Governance of Joint Ventures in Transitional Economies: the Case of Guangzhou Automobile Group in China.” Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 30, No. 3(June, 2022), pp.1177-1201.
“How did China Come to Dominate the World of Electric Cars.” May, 2023. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/21/1068880/how-did-china-dominate-electric-ca rs-policy/
10. Cases and Presentations: Business of EV, Energy and Environmental Protection in China
Choose specific issues and cases, such as Chinese automobile industries, renewable energy development, climate change, air and water pollution, or environmental performance in specific regions, such as Pearl River Delta Area, Yangtze River Delta, or Pan Bo-Hai Sea area. Case studies of leading EV companies , such as BYD, could be included.
11. Culture and Creative Sectors in China
Chung, Carol, Andrew Manley, Yi-Wen Wang, Michael Silk and Rebecca Bailey. “Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Cultural Production within China’s Public Museums: Examining the Challenges and Practices Guiding Administration.” International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2023), pp. 328-344.
Gilardi, Filippo, Andrew White, Zhen Troy Chen, Shuxin Cheng, Wei Song, and Yifan Zhao. “From Copycat to Copyright: Intellectual Property Amendments and the Development of Chinese Online Video Industries.” International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 29, No. 2 (2023), pp. 152-168.
Ho, Hang Kei, “Twenty-first Century Wine Consumption Trends in East Asia: History, Luxury and Transformation.” Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2021).
12. Case Studies: Culture and Creative Sectors in China
Cases of outbound and inbound tourism, Chinese film/TV/mass media industry, preservation of Chinese cultural heritages, Chinese museums, China’s “cultural and creative” industries, and other cities for cultural industries like Hangzhou, Beijing, etc.
13. The Chinese Model Revisited
“The Rise and Fall of the EAST: A Discussion with Professor Yasheng Huang”, Woodrow Wilson Center, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0L5bjgtQts
Mark Leonard, “China is Ready for a World Disorder: America is Not.” Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2023. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/china-ready-world-disorder
Jae Ho Chung, “Homework for Beijing: Five Hurdles on China’s Path to Becoming a ‘Responsible Great Power’ ” Asian Perspective, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2021).
14. Guest Speaker (tentative)
15. Conclusion
Class participation and presentations: 60%
Term paper (3000 words): 40%
No mid-term and final exams.
Term paper due date : to be announced