Course Information
Course title
Seminar on China’s Political and Economic Reform after Deng 
Semester
110-1 
Designated for
VARIOUS PROGRAM  MAINLAND CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM  
Instructor
Chia-chen Chou 
Curriculum Number
NtlDev5313 
Curriculum Identity Number
341EU9280 
Class
 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Monday 6,7(13:20~15:10) 
Remarks
The upper limit of the number of students: 50.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 20. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1101NtlDev5313_ 
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

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!!Attention!! This is an online course. The entire course will be offered online.
Please click the following link to join the online live meetings:

https://ntucc.webex.com/meet/chelseachou

The meeting time is every Monday 1:20-3:10pm (Taipei time).

Since this course requires discussion, you should try your best to join the online live meetings. If there are unsolvable difficulties to join the online discussion, you may check the recordings at NTU COOL (a cloud database) for off-online study: https://cool.ntu.edu.tw/courses/8197
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The course welcomes both undergrads and graduate students.
The course is to explore China's domestic political and economic reform after Deng Xiaoping (1978 to present).  

Course Objective
We will outline China's political system and its evolution. We will also discuss the social consequences of China's economic liberalization.  
Course Requirement
1. Class participation 40%: Students are required to actively participate in the class discussion.
2. Class presentation 30%: Each week we will have one to two students present the main arguments of the readings and raise questions for class discussion.
3. Research proposal/Review article 30%: At the end of semester, each graduate student is expected to write a research proposal (15 pages, double-spaced, excluding bibliography). Each undergraduate is expected to write a review article on at least two selected readings and one supplementary article (8 pages, double-spaced, excluding bibliography). (You choose the supplementary article from an academic journal.) The assignment is due the final date of the course. Please email it to the instructor by 5pm.  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
Appointment required. Note: By appointment. Please email me.  
Designated reading
Please see below the reading list for each week.  
References
Please see below the reading list for each week.  
Grading
   
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 2
9/27  Introduction