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121-023 China in Transition | |
Note | Formerly available as 121-238/338. Students who have completed 121-238/338 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
Coordinator | Dr Mark Wang |
Prerequisites | 25 points of first year Geography or Economics or Asian Studies or approval of the subject coordinator. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject is about the geography of 'Red Capitalist' China. It introduces physical landscape, resources, present livelihood, and people and places in the land of one billion. The focus of the subject is the on-going socio-economic transformation in post-Deng Xiaoping China. Issues discussed include feeding a billion people; population growth and the one-child-only policy; political changes in the post-Deng era; is China a third world country or a major economic power. This course also covers rapid economic growth and environmental consequences; open door policy and foreign investment; migration and urbanisation; coast-inland conflicts and income polarisation; economic restructuring, sustainable development and environmental degradation; China in the next century: challenge and opportunity. |
Assessment | A 1.5-hour examination, and an essay paper of 2500 words. |
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