Course Information
Course title
 Seminar on Political and Economic Interaction across Taiwan Strait 
Semester
 110-1 
Designated for
 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE  
Instructor
 HSIN-WEI TANG 
Curriculum Number
 PS7608 
Curriculum Identity Number
 322EM5270 
Class
  
Credits
 2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
 Half 
Required/
Elective
 Elective 
Time
 Friday 3,4(10:20~12:10) 
Remarks
 The upper limit of the number of students: 8. 
Ceiba Web Server
 http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1101PS7608_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
 Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This course introduces the political and economic interaction between Mainland
China and Taiwan since 1949.
 

Course Objective
 This course aims to introduce various dimensions of interactions between
Mainland China and Taiwan. 
Course Requirement
 1. Presenting in class at least once around 40-50 minutes. (Need to tape it and upload it to NTU COOL)

2. Submitting a 4000-word research report before January 7th. 
Student Workload (Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class)
  
Office Hours
  
Designated reading
 Dittmer, L., ed. 2017. Taiwan and China: Fitful Embrace. Oakland, California University of California Press. 
References
 Chow, Peter C. Y., ed. 2014. The US Strategic Pivot to Asia and Cross-Strait Relations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 
Grading
  
  1. NTU recommends an upper limit of 20% for A+ grades. This is not a mandatory requirement. Instructors may adjust the percentage based on course requirements. Instructors teaching required courses are particularly encouraged to follow this guideline.
  2. NTU uses a letter grade system for assessment. The grade percentage ranges and the single-subject grade conversion table in the NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Regulations Governing Academic Grading are for reference only. Instructors may adjust the percentage ranges according to the grade definitions. For more information, see the Assessment for Learning Section.
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
 9/24  Brief Course Description  
Week 2
 10/01  Introduction (章柏翰) 
Week 3
 10/08  Taiwan’s National Identity (Lucia) 
Week 4
 10/15  Changing Identities in Taiwan (Weihong) 
Week 5
 10/22  Changes and Continuities in the Identity of Taiwanese in Mainland China (Dai Ireijo)
 
Week 6
 10/29  Chinese National Identity under Reconstruction (Sebastian Gabel)
 
Week 7
 11/05  Chinese Youth Nationalism (黃錦鐘) 
Week 8
 11/12  Varieties of State Capitalism (章柏翰) 
Week 9
 11/19  Taiwanese Investment in China （鄭詠萱） 
Week 10
 11/26  IR annual conference 
Week 11
 12/03  School Sport Day 
Week 12
 12/10  Cross-Strait Economic Relations (黃錦鐘)
 
Week 13
 12/17  Social Entrepreneurialism and Social Media （鄭詠萱） 
Week 14
 12/24  Strategies of Lesser Powers (guest discussant: Prof. Charles Wu) (Weihong)  
Week 15
 12/31  National Holiday 
Week 16
 1/07  US Security Relations with Taiwan (Sebastian) 
Week 17
 1/14  Discussion (Lucia) 
Week 18
 1/21  N/A