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School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures

MA Programme Handbook

MA Contemporary China

2007 - 2008

Programme Director:

Dr Samuel Liang

First Edition July 2007Please note, some information is subject to change.

For updates, please check our web pages:

http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/intranet/pg/ma-students/

http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/east-asian/

This Programme Handbook contains information relevant to the MA Contemporary China. Information relevant to all postgraduate taught programmes in the School of Languages,

Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) can be found in the School Postgraduate Taught Handbook, which should be read and used as a reference in conjunction with this Handbook.

The School Handbook will be available from the Postgraduate Office after you have completed registration.

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Postgraduate Study in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

The School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (SLLC) at the University of Manchester contains the greatest concentration of high-quality research and teaching in language-based disciplines in the UK, and one of the largest such groupings in the world. With over 80 full-time academic staff it brings together leading researchers in Linguistics and English Language, in Middle Eastern Studies (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish), in Ancient Near Eastern civilisations and their languages (Akkadian, Aramaic, Syriac), in European Languages (French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish) and Far Eastern Languages. The School is also home to the Centre for Latin American Cultural Studies, the Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies and the Centre for Chinese Studies. With a postgraduate population in the region of 180, its graduate students benefit from – and are expected to contribute to – a lively research community. SLLC combines the linguistic study of languages and translation studies with a wide range of cultural research (in literature, screen studies, critical theory, history and politics). Its combination of European, Latin American, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern languages opens up possibilities for exciting interdisciplinary work which goes beyond the study of ‘national’ cultures, reflecting the impact of globalisation on our disciplines. This gives scope for work in areas such as minority cultures, endangered languages, and intercultural studies, in addition to more mainstream aspects of linguistics and culture.

The University of Manchester is one of the largest in the country, and is able to offer excellent facilities to postgraduate students. The John Rylands University Library has internationally renowned holdings in Linguistics, and all of the major Modern and Middle Eastern languages and literatures. Its general and specialised collections include many rare texts and provide an excellent base for advanced study and research. Postgraduate students in the School have the use of the purpose-designed Centre for Graduate Studies, which opened in 2003. Computing and IT facilities are available, with access to the Internet, on-line library catalogues and e-mail. The Language Centre provides advanced facilities for enhancing linguistic skills where required; it also gives access to European satellite broadcasts and has a video and media library. Regular research and graduate seminars are held within the School. Attendance at such seminars forms an important part of initiation into the world of scholarly research and is a valuable opportunity for contact with leading scholars in your field.

For details of the research profiles of academic staff within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, go to: http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/staff/

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MA Contemporary China

The MA Contemporary China aims at developing students’ interest and knowledge of contemporary China from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Through the study of history, religion and society, language and culture, politics, international relations and economic development, it provides students a thorough grounding in critical theoretical approaches to Chinese Studies and contemporary Chinese society, and prepares them for a career in or relating to China.

All students on the MA Contemporary China must complete:

Compulsory Course Units: 90 credits

EALC 60001 Research Methods in Chinese Studies (15 credits)POLI 60321 Perspectives on Contemporary China (15 credits)EALC 62000 Dissertation (60 credits)

Core Course Units: 60 credits (15 credits or more from each group)

Culture, History and Society

HIST 61050 Twentieth-Century China: Historical Themes (30 credits)EALC 65002 Urban Transformation in Contemporary China (15 credits)EALC 68001 Modern Chinese Literature and Culture (15 credits)ELAN 60951 Case Studies in English-Chinese, Chinese English Translation (15 credits)ELAN 60682 Practicum: Translating Theory to and from Chinese (15 credits) *EALC 66002 China in Regional and Global Perspectives: Culture, Network and Transnationalism

(15 credits)*EALC 67002 Themes in the Anthropology of China (15 credits)

Politics, Economy and Business

POLI 71022 China in the International System (15 credits)ECON xxxx2 Topics in the Economic Development of China (15 credits) (Subject to approval)POLI 60212 Global Politics of China (15 credits) *IDPM 72002 Growth and Development: Perspectives of China and India (15 credits) *BMAN 71491 Business Environment and Strategy in China (15 credits)

* This course unit will not be available in 2007 - 8

Optional Course Units: 30 credits (from the Core Course Units or the following)

EALC 61000 Chinese Language for Beginners (30 credits)BMAN 71482 Marketing for China (15 credits)BMAN 71501 Organisations and Human Resource Management in China (15 credits)RELT 70262 Buddhism and Modernity in China and East Asia (30 credits)EALC 64001 or EALC 64002

Directed Reading Course Unit (15 credits)

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Admissions

The normal requirement for admission to the MA is an upper second class Honours degree or higher (or equivalent), in a relevant subject. Students who apply from overseas with non-UK qualifications should send a copy of their degree certificate, a transcript of their degree results with an officially authorised translation, and an indication of the marking scale relating to their degree. English language scores of IELTS 7 (with 7.0 in the writing element of the test), TOEFL 600 (paper-based test), 250 (computer-based test) or 100 (internet-based test) are required for students whose first language is not English. Candidates interested in MA study should in the first instance contact the Programme Director Dr Samuel Liang, email [email protected] or the Postgraduate Admissions Officer, email [email protected]

Life Cycle of an MA

Full-time (the programme lasts for 12 months):

Semester 1 (September – January) – 60 creditsResearch Methods in Chinese StudiesPerspectives on Contemporary China Core Course UnitsOptional Course Units

Semester 2 (January – June) – 60 creditsCore Course UnitsOptional Course Units

Dissertation (June – September) – 60 credits

Graduation (December)

Part-time (the programme lasts for 27 months, including writing-up of the dissertation):

Year 1 Semester 1 (September – January) – 30 creditsResearch Methods in Chinese StudiesPerspectives on Contemporary China


Year 2 Semester 1 (September – January) – 30 creditsCore Course UnitsOptional Course Units


Dissertation (June – January) – 60 credits

Graduation (July)

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Part-time study

Part-time study is strongly supported and is actively facilitated in the timetabling of teaching hours for the MA, wherever possible. However, prospective students should note that even part-time study requires a significant commitment of time, and that we do not recommend combining part-time study with a full-time job. If you are considering taking the programme part-time we encourage you to talk to us before you apply, to discuss your options. You should normally arrange with your employer to have at least one working day free per week to study for the MA.

Aims and Learning Outcomes of the MA Contemporary China

Aims

Developing students’ interest and knowledge of contemporary China from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Through the study of history, religion and society, language and culture, politics, international relations and economic development, it provides students a thorough grounding in critical theoretical approaches to Chinese Studies and contemporary Chinese society, and prepares them for a career in or relating to China.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this programme, you will have a detailed knowledge of the significant events that have characterised modern and contemporary China and be familiar with a range of primary and secondary sources in the field. You will also develop an understanding of the economic development of China and its political system, and the role of late-20th century reforms in its economic transformation and its position within the global context. You will have mastered relevant critical theories and paradigms in Chinese Studies and be able to apply them appropriately to new problems and issues.

In addition, you will develop both intellectual and practical skills through the study of this programme. You learn to critically analyse primary and secondary source materials in relation to the social sciences and humanities, depending on your choice of course units. You will learn to approach complex issues and phenomena in a systematic way, formulate research questions through critical evaluation of existing scholarship and develop a sound methodology for addressing this research question.

Teaching and Assessment

Most optional course units in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures require knowledge of the relevant language. Where knowledge of a language is not required this is indicated in the course unit description.

All optional course units within the School are taught on a tutorial or seminar basis, with group sizes varying depending on the course unit. Tutorials give the opportunity for intensive scholarly work, with areas of concentration determined by the participants and their individual interests, which can be investigated in considerable depth. Seminars offer more opportunities for developing group work and presentation skills. Most course units are assessed by long essays and other marked work, rather than by written examination.

The pass mark for MA coursework, examinations and the dissertation is 50%. Full-time students take the MA over a single year. The taught course units are completed over two semesters and the dissertation must be submitted by Monday 8 September 2008. Part-time students take their taught

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course units over two academic sessions and the dissertation must be submitted by January following the end of the taught course units.

Where interests are not represented in course units offered, but where relevant staff expertise exists, tailor-made Directed Reading units can be designed (limited to 15 credits). In all cases you should discuss your choice of course units with the Programme Director, who will be happy to help you put together a coherent programme structure.

For further information on Directed Reading units, consult the Faculty of Humanities web page:

http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/humnet/acaserv/teachinglearning/teachingandlearningpractice/humanitiesgoodpractice/guidancepolicydocuments/

All assessed coursework must be submitted in two hard (ie paper) copies to the Postgraduate Office, Room S3.11. The two copies must be accompanied by one completed ‘Coursework Coversheet’ available on the wall outside the Postgraduate Office. Please note, the top right hand corner of the Coversheet must be folded and sealed, before being submitted to the Postgraduate Office.

The School reserves the right to request an electronic copy of any piece of coursework should we deem it necessary to do so.

School Policy on Word Limits and Penalties for Coursework and Dissertations

Coursework exercises and dissertations for all PGT programmes in the School have firm upper word limits. In all cases, the word limit includes not only the main body of the text, but also footnotes and endnotes. It does not include bibliographies or appendices; nor does it include the preliminary pages required for MA dissertations.

It is sometimes assumed that a ‘10% tolerance principle’ exists, in other words that it is acceptable to exceed the stated word limit by no more than 10%. This is entirely untrue. Word limits mean what they say, and work that exceeds the stated limit is penalized. The following sliding scale of penalties applies:

Extent to which limit is exceeded Penalty to be applied

Up to and including 10% over the limit* 5 marksEach additional 5% (or part of) over the limit 5 marks* Where the limit is exceeded by no more than 2%, the penalty may be waived

MA dissertations must indicate the word count at the bottom of the contents page. All other coursework exercises must indicate the word count at the end of the main body of the text. Students must remember, when calculating word counts using word-processing software, to include footnotes and endnotes in the calculation.

Failure to indicate the word count, or the provision of a false word count, may lead to disciplinary action. The School reserves the right to request an electronic copy of any work submitted, so that word counts may be checked by examiners.

When work exceeding the word limit is marked, the mark given on the feedback form will include the appropriate penalty. The examiners’ feedback form will indicate how the penalty has been calculated.

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Zero Percent Penalty

If you fail to submit any piece of coursework by the deadline set by the Postgraduate Office, you will be deemed by the Examination Board to have failed with a mark of 0%.

Please note, individual course unit tutors cannot grant extensions to deadlines, all extension requests must be submitted to the Postgraduate Office on the Special Circumstances Form (available on the wall outside the Postgraduate Office). When a student takes optional course units in other Schools, s/he will need to apply for an extension through the procedure specified in the regulations of that School, prior to the deadline.

The School deadlines for assessed coursework for 2007 - 08 are:

Semester 1: Monday 5 November 2007 Monday 21 January 2008

Semester 2: Monday 10 March 2008 Friday 9 May 2008

Extensions to Submission Dates

Extensions to the submission dates for submitted coursework (assessed essays and dissertations) may be sought where circumstances, outside of students’ control, will delay the completion and submission by the published date.

Circumstances that might be considered as grounds for applying for an extension include:

Significant illness or injury which either prevents the student from working altogether or considerably affects his/her ability to work effectively.

Serious personal problems such as relationship problems; family crises; illness/death of close relatives including attendance at funerals; being a victim of crime; accommodation crises; court cases; accident or sports injury.

Jury Service, or absence for maternity, paternity or adoption leave Delays in obtaining ethical approval, where approval has been sought in good time

The following will not be regarded as grounds for applying for an extension to submission dates:

Any event that could have reasonably been expected or anticipated e.g. weddings, holidays, moving house

Inadequate planning and time management Pressures of paid work (In exceptional circumstances extension requests will be considered

where there has been a temporary but substantial increase in workload which was imposed at short notice and which could not have reasonably been foreseen. This will require written confirmation from the student’s employer)

Having more than one examination, or other compulsory assessment (e.g. presentation etc.), on the same day

Computer or printer failure or theft, resulting in loss of data, except where data is lost through the failure of Manchester University systems confirmed by Manchester Computing staff (students should back up work regularly and not leave completion so late that another computer/printer cannot be found).

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Failure to submit specified items of coursework through misreading of a published submission date, or misunderstanding the requirements of an assessment or difficulties with English language (including delays in proof reading)

Travel delays Exam stress or panic attacks not diagnosed as illness Normal pregnancy

Applications for extension to the submission date must be made in advance of the published submission date by completing a ‘Special Circumstances’ form and submitting it with the appropriate supporting documentation, e.g. a letter from a GP/medical practitioner/police report. Please note, a letter from the Counselling Service may not always constitute sufficient supporting evidence.

Extension requests received on the day of the actual deadline, without the appropriate supporting documentation, will only be granted in truly exceptional circumstances. Extension requests submitted after the published deadline or examination date will not be considered without a compelling and credible explanation as to why the circumstances were not known or could not have been shown beforehand.

Diploma and Certificate Level

For students on the MA Contemporary China, the Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate are exit points only. Students registered for the MA who only complete the taught component of the programme (120 credits, at a pass mark of 40% instead of 50%), may be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma. Students completing only 60 credits’ worth of taught course units (at a pass mark of 40%) may be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate.

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Compulsory Course Units:Research Methods in Chinese Studies and

Perspectives on Contemporary China

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Course Unit Code: EALC 60001Title: Research Methods in Chinese StudiesCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 1Tutor: Dr Samuel LiangPre-requisites: None

Aims: To introduce students to research methods in Chinese studies; To discuss key issues in the evolution of, and current trends in, Chinese studies; To acquaint students with a range of sources in Chinese history, literature, and arts; To expose students to critical theories in the humanities and social sciences.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: define a topic in Chinese studies and conduct research into it using appropriate skills and

resources; command a knowledge of major works of scholarship in Chinese studies; acquire Chinese language sources from libraries or internet databases; make constructive use of influential theoretical paradigms.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: skills in locating research materials; skills of academic writing; skills of critical thinking; skills in presenting complex issues and ideas.

Curriculum Content: Introduction Paradigms and debates in the historiography of modern China: impact-response, tradition-

modernity, imperialism and China-centred history Contemporary approaches in Chinese studies Theories, discourses and postcolonial critiques The question of Orientalism Feminism and women’s history Modernity and mass culture

Contact Hours: Two hour weekly seminars for 7 weeks

Assessment Length required

Weighting within unit

An annotated bibliography for a chosen research topic 1,500 words 30%A review article on selected (secondary) literature from the bibliography below

3,000 words 70%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Monday 5 November 2007 Monday 21 January 2008

Core Texts: Benjamin, Walter. Illumination: Essays and Reflection, New York: Schocken Books, 1968. Benjamin, Walter. ‘Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century,’ in idem. The Arcade Project

(Cambridge MA: Harvard Univ. Press 1999), pp. 14-26.

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Chen, Xiaomei. ‘Occidentalism as Counter discourse: "He Shang" in Post-Mao China,’ in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Summer, 1992), pp. 686-712.

Chow, Rey. ‘Introduction: On Chineseness as a Theoretical Problem,’ in boundary 2, Vol. 25, No. 3, Modern Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies in the Age of Theory: Reimagining a Field. (Autumn, 1998), pp. 1-24.

Cohen, Paul. Discovering history in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984.

Dirlik, Arif. ‘Reversals, Ironies, Hegemonies: Notes on the Contemporary Historiography of Modern China,’ in Modern China, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Jul., 1996), pp. 243-284.

Dirlik, Arif. ‘The Postcolonial Aura: Third World Criticism in the Age of Global Capitalism,’ in Critical Inquiry, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Winter, 1994), pp. 328-356.

Dirlik, Arif. ‘Chinese History and the Question of Orientalism,’ in History and Theory, Vol. 35, No. 4. (Dec., 1996), pp. 96-118.

Foucault, Michel. The History of Sexuality, Volume 1 (New York: Random House, 1990). Goodman, Bryna. ‘Improvisation on Semicolonial Theme, or, How to Read a Celebration of

Transnational Urban Community,’ in Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 59, No. 4. (2000), pp. 889-926. Hershatter, Gail. ‘The Gender of Memory: Rural Chinese Women and the 1950s,’ in Signs,

Vol. 28, No. 1 (Autumn, 2002), pp. 43-70. Huang, Philip C. C. “Theory and the Study of Modern Chinese History: Four Traps and a

Question,” in Modern China, Vol. 24, No. 2. (Apr., 1998), pp. 183-208. Lee, Leo Ou-fan. Shanghai Modern. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1999. Liang, Samuel Y. “Ephemeral Households, Marvelous Things: Business, Gender, and

Material Culture in Flowers of Shanghai,” in Modern China, 33.3 (2007): 288-329 Mann, Susan. ‘Presidential Address: Myths of Asian Womanhood’, in The Journal of Asian

Studies, Vol. 59, No. 4. (Nov., 2000), pp. 835-862. Said, Edward W. Orientalism, New York: Vintage Books, 1979. Schwartz, Benjamin I. ‘Presidential Address: Area Studies as a Critical Discipline,’ in The

Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1. (Nov., 1980), pp. 15-25.

Course Unit Code: POLI 60321Title: Perspectives on Contemporary ChinaCredit Rating: 15

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http://uk.jstor.org/browse/00931896/ap040078

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Delivery: Semester 1Tutor: Dr Elena BarabantsevaPre-requisites: None

Aims: Provide an introduction at the MA level to some significant issues in contemporary China; Examine important elements of China’s experience in the reform period, including state-society

relations, party-state relations, modernisation, democratisation, nationalism and the role of ethnic groups and the Chinese diaspora in China’s development;

Familiarise students with key issue areas in Chinese studies, Chinese politics, and area studies; Critically examine key conceptual approaches to the study of contemporary China; Critically engage with key aspects of the literature; Identify new areas of scholarly engagement; Enhance students’ critical, evaluative, analytical, communicative and problem-solving skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: work with and be critical of key conceptual approaches used across the literature; identify salient issues and new areas for research within the discipline and area studies.

Key Transferable Skills:On completion of this course unit successful participants should have: enhanced their critical, evaluative, analytical, communicative and problem-solving skills through

your participation in class discussions, your research and problem-solving activities, and production of course essay;

developed a comprehensive and considered understanding of the issues in contemporary China; developed a critical understanding of the relevant scholarly literature.

Curriculum Content: Introduction Modernisation Paths Legitimacy Crisis Democratisation Prospects State/Society Dynamics Nationalism Ethnic Politics The Role of Chinese Diaspora

Contact Hours: One hour weekly in Semester 1.



One Essay 3,000 words 85%Presentation 10-15 minutes 15%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Please contact the School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Office. Please Note, the regulations and deadlines governing the submission of assessed coursework, late submission penalties etc for this course unit are those of the School in which the course unit is taught. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of regulations surrounding the submission of work in Schools outside of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures.

Core Texts:

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Tony Saich (2004) Governance and Politics of China. Second Edition. Houndmills: Palgrave Peter Hays Gries and Stanley Rosen, eds. (2004), State and Society in 21st Century China: Crisis,

Contention and Legitimation. Routledge,

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Core Course Units:Culture, History and Society

Course Unit Code: HIST 61050Title: Twentieth-Century China: Historical Themes

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Credit Rating: 30

Delivery: Both SemestersTutor: Dr Yangwen ZhengPre-requisites: None

Aims:Twentieth-century China is an extremely rich but under-researched and growing field for historians. It is rich because China transformed from an empire to a republic, then from communism to capitalism. It is under-researched simply because original sources/archives have only just begun to emerge or become available. It is growing because the twentieth century can easily be seen in an historical perspective from the standpoint of the twenty-first and this opens doors to new perspectives and methodologies, leading towards new interpretations and revisions. The twentieth century saw a riot of rebellion, revolution and reform in China. As the late Qing court, the Nationalist regime, the intellectual elite, warlords, and the Communist Party experimented with new ideas, China transformed from an empire to a modern nation state. This has dramatically changed Chinese polity, economy, culture and society. Why was twentieth-century China so tumultuous? Were the changes different from dynastic change in history? How have and would they affect contemporary and future China? The aim of this MA course unit is to help students understand the tumultuous changes that shaped twentieth-century China. It will help students to understand the possible causes that led to some of these changes and more importantly the consequences of these monumental changes. It will also help students understand these changes in both the regional and global context in an effort to better comprehend the endogenous and exogenous forces in the making of twentieth century China. This course unit will allow students to specialise in whatever they see as particularly appropriate to their existing or future needs/aspirations, be it lay or academic. It will also allow them to identify potential topics for further/PhD studies.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will have: a detailed knowledge of major historical events and makers in a decade-by-decade, regime-by-

regime, and region-by-region fashion; a broad understanding of the major paradigms, methodologies, issues and debates in the study of

twentieth century China; an in-depth understanding of Chinese Modern History from domestic, regional (both within China

and within the Asia region) and global perspectives; new perspectives and developments in the study of China; learned Chinese history in part via the lens of the movie camera.

Curriculum Content:To understand the tumultuous changes of twentieth century China, we will first and from time to time look back to late imperial China to see the foundations it laid for modern China. Late imperial China holds many answers, raises more questions as well, for 20th century China. We will focus on the tumultuous changes from both internal (within China) and external (Asia region and the world stage) perspectives so we see both the endogenous and exogenous forces in the making of 20th century China. We will evaluate, in some ways re-evaluate, the consequences of these changes and their role in the shaping of 20th and indeed 21st centuries China. We will approach the century on a decade by decade and region by region fashion as every decade saw unprecedented change and every region lived very different experiences; change was uneven and consequences are still unfolding. We will also explore contemporary perceptions of what the 20th century held for our present and future understanding of the role of China on the world stage. The course unit will familiarise you with the major paradigms, methodologies, issues and debates. It will challenge conventional views and encourage you to make your own original observation and contribution to the study of 20th century China.

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Contact Hours: One weekly two hour seminar.



One Essay 5-6,000 words 100%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Please contact the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures Postgraduate Office. Please Note, the regulations and deadlines governing the submission of assessed coursework, late submission penalties etc for this course unit are those of the School in which the option is taught. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of regulations surrounding the submission of work in Schools outside of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures.

Core Texts:

Required readings: Fairbank, John K & Goldman, Merle, China: a New History Cohen, Paul A, Discovering History in China Wasserstrom, Jeffrey, Twentieth-century China : New Approaches Schoppa, R. Keith, Twentieth Century China : a History in Documents McDougall, Bonnie S., The Literature of China in the 20th Century Widmer, Ellen, From May 4th to June 4th: fiction and film in twentieth-century China and Mackerras, Colin,

China: the Impact of Revolution: a Survey of 20th Century China

Supplementary readings: Cameron, Meribeth E, The Reform Movement in China Bland, J.O.P, China under the Empress Dowager O’Connor, Richard, The Boxer Rebellion Ba Jin, Family Chang, Iris, The Rape of Nanjing Snow, Edgar, Red Star over China Gao, Yuan, Born Red Chang, Jung, Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

Course Unit Code: EALC 65002Title: Urban Transformation in Contemporary ChinaCredit Rating: 15

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Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: Dr Samuel LiangPre-requisites: None

Aims: To introduce students to key sources and methodologies in the study of contemporary urban

China; To discuss urban transformations in post-1949 Beijing and Shanghai; To examine major issues in contemporary urban China, such as consumer culture, globalization,

work-units and housing reform.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: demonstrate a sound knowledge of contemporary urban China; achieve a comprehensive understanding of the state of the field; conduct future research on a chosen topic in the field.


Curriculum Content: Introduction Urban China from 1949 to 2000; spatial and social transformations Reading (no class meeting) The debate of preservation and modernization, Beijing, the 1950s The decline and re-emergence of Shanghai as a global city, 1949-2000 Reading (no class meeting) The creation and reform of the danwei (work-units) Reading (no class meeting) Housing in urban China Reading (no class meeting) Consumer culture and globalization

Contact Hours: Seven two hour seminars.



One Essay 4,000 words 100%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Friday 9 May 2008

Core Texts: Broudehoux, Anne-Marie. The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing. New York and London:

Routledge, 2004. Braester, Yomi. ‘“A Big Dying Vat”: The Vilifying of Shanghai During the Good Eighth Company

Campaign.’ Modern China 31, no. 4 (2005): 411-47 Bray, David. Social Space and Governance in Urban China: The Danwei System from Origins to

Reform. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2005.

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Davis, Deborah. Consumer Revolution in Urban China. Berkeley University of California Press, 2000.

Davis, Deborah, Richard Kraus, Barry Naughton, and Elizabeth Perry, eds. Urban Spaces in Contempoary China: The Potential for Autonomy and Community in Post-Mao China. Washington: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1995.

Forrest, Ray, and James Lee, eds. Chinese Urban Housing Reform. London: Routledge, 2003. Gaubatz, Piper. ‘China's Urban Transformation: Patterns and Processes of Morphological Change

in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.’ Urban Studies 36, no. 9 (1999): 1495-521. Gaubatz, Piper. ‘Changing Beijing.’ Geographical Review 85, no. 1 (1995): 79-96. Lu Duanfang. Remaking Chinese Urban Form: Modernity, Scarcity and Space, 1949–2005,

London: Routledge, 2006 Lu, Xiaobo, and Elizabeth J. Perry, eds. Danwei. The Changing Chinese Workplace in Historical

and Comparative Perspective. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 1997. Ma, Laurence and Fulong Wu. eds. Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy

and Space. London: Routeldge, 2005. Read, Benjamin L. ‘Democratizing the Neighbourhood? New Private Housing and Home-Owner

Self-Organization in Urban China’ The China Journal 49 (2003): 31-59. Sit, V.F.S. Beijing: Development and Nature of A Chinese National Capital. Chichester: John Wiley

1995. Tomba, Luigi. ‘Residential Space and Collective Interest Formation in Beijing's Housing Diputes.’

The China Quarterly 184 (2005): 935-51. Wang Jing. High Culture Fever: Politics, Aesthetics, and Ideology in Deng's China. Berkeley:

University of California Press. 1996. Wang, Ya Ping, and Alan Murie. ‘Commercial Housing Development in Urban China.’ Urban

Studies 36, no. 9 (1999): 1475-94. Wu, Fulong, Jiang Xu and Anthony Gar-On Yeh. Urban Development in Post-reform China: State,

Market and Space. London: Routledge, 2007. Wu, Fulong. ed. Globalization and the Chinese City. London: Routeldge. 2006

Course Unit Code: EALC 68001Title: Modern Chinese Literature and CultureCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 1

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Tutor: Dr Wei-Hsin Lin Pre-requisites: None

Aims: To give students a thorough grounding in works by major writers in modern Chinese literature; To give students a detailed knowledge of the historical, social, and cultural backgrounds of

modern China; To discuss in depth key issues in the development of modern Chinese literature.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: demonstrate a detailed knowledge of the evolution of modern Chinese literature in its historical

context; conduct research on themes and topics relating to the study of modern Chinese literature and

culture; demonstrate familiarity with approaches and methodologies in the study of modern Chinese

literature.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: skills in critical thinking; skills in oral and written self-expression; skills in textual analysis and in relating texts to contexts.

Curriculum Content: General introduction to the course unit, and to primary and secondary materials in the field, e.g.

anthologies of modern Chinese literature The Literary Movements and Trends from Late Qing to Early Twentieth Century Early Modern Fiction - Stories by Lu Xun and Yu Dafu The Nation - Stories and plays by Shen Congwen and Lao She Women’s Writing - Stories by Ding Ling and Zhang Ailing Social Realism - Stories by Mao Dun Cross-strait Relations - Stories by Taiwanese writer Bai Xianyong

Contact Hours: Ten one hour seminars.




Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Monday 21 January 2008

Core Texts:

Required Reading: Study Pack of Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

Supplementary Reading: A Selective Guide to Modern Chinese Literature. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1989

Volume 1: The Novel. Ed. by Milena Dolezelova-Velingerova. Leiden: Brill, 1988Volume 2: The Short Story. Ed. by Zbigniew Slupski. Leiden: Brilll, 1988Volume 3: The Poem. Ed. by Lloyd Haft. Leiden: Brill, 1989

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Volume 4: The Drama. Ed. by Bernd Eberstein. Leiden: Brill, 1990 Chow, Rey. Woman and Chinese Modernity: The Politics of Reading Between West and East.

Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 1991 Gunn, Edward. Unwelcome Muse: Chinese Literature in Shanghai and Peking 1937-1945. New

York: Columbia University Press, 1980. Hsia, C.T. A History of Modern Chinese Fiction. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. Idema, Wilt; Haft, Lloyd. A Guide to Chinese Literature. Ann Arbor: Center for Chinese Studies,

1997 Lau, Joseph S.M. and Howard Goldblatt, eds. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese

Literature. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995 Lau, Joseph S. M., C.T. Hsia and Leo Ou-Fan Lee eds. Modern Chinese Stories and Novellas,

1919-1949. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Lee, Leo Ou-fan. Voices from the Iron House: A Study of Lu Xun. Bloomington & Indianapolis:

Indiana University Press, 1987. Lee, Leo Ou-fan. Shanghai Modern: the flowering of a new urban culture in China, 1930-1945.

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1999 Link, Perry. Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies: Popular Fiction in Early Twentieth Century Chinese

Cities. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984 McDougall, Bonnie S.; Louie, Kam. The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century. London:

Hurst, 1997. Wang, David Der-wei. Fictional Realism in Twentieth Century China: Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen

Congwen. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992

Course Unit code: ELAN 60951Title: Case Studies in Chinese-English, English-Chinese TranslationCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 1Tutor: Dr James St André

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Pre-requisites: None

Aims: This course unit will look at two periods of intense translation activity in China, one quite early (the translation of Buddhist scriptures), and one quite recent (late Qing through May 4th). These two periods will be the starting points for a discussion of a wide range of issues involved in translation practice today, including transliteration, parenthetical explication, footnotes, adaptation, creativity, the translator’s role in society, and translation as an agent of social change. We will end by linking Walter Benjamin’s work with issues in comparative grammar. This course unit is not an attempt to narrate a developmental history of translation in China that “naturally” leads to the present. Rather, it is a sort of bricolage, or mining of the past in order to inform and construct our understanding of present translation practice. There will be frequent exercises in practical translation based on discussion of classroom materials, one longer translation project, and one essay. A full course unit outline will be provided in class at the beginning of the semester.

Curriculum Content: Five thousand years of Chinese culture, five thousand years of outside influence through

translation --Hung, Eva. “Translation in China: An Analytical Survey.” In Hung and Wakabayashi, editors,

Asian Translation Traditions. St. Jerome, 2005 --Wong, Lawrence Wang-chi. “From ‘Controlling the Barbarians’ to ‘Wholesale Westernization’”.

In Hung and Wakabayashi, editors, Asian Translation Traditions. St. Jerome, 2005. CASE STUDY: The translation of social science: Thomas Huxley --Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. 天演论。（英）赫胥黎选；严复译述。严复名着丛刊，第一

册 --Huxley, Thomas Henry. Evolution and Ethics. CASE STUDY: Translation, adaptation, creation: Arthur Conan Doyle --林纾。translation of Study in Scarlet. [or perhaps we could do Uncle Tom’s Cabin if you prefer] Liu, Lydia He. Translingual practice: literature, national culture, and translated modernity--China,

1900-1937. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1995. Translation and the development of modern Mandarin --Gunn, Edward M. Rewriting Chinese: style and innovation in twentieth-century Chinese prose.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991. Strategies for dealing with proper nouns (周兆祥) Tutorial: transliteration vs translation Translation as a group practice Links to Lin Shu (oral translation) Modern translation agencies and the role of project manager 周兆祥《翻译初阶》（台北：书林译学丛书１３，１９９６）信，达，雅 --陈鹏翔主编，《翻译史，翻译论》 Religious belief and translation practice - the issue of fidelity --热扎克买提尼牙孜《西域翻译史》 CASE STUDY: LU XUN --鲁迅。“药”。呐喊。北京：人民文学出版社，1973. --Lu, Hsun. “Medicine.” In The Selected works of Lu Hsun. 2nd edition. Translated by Yang

Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964. --Lu, Hsun. “Medicine.” In Diary of a madman and other stories. Translated by William A. Lyell.

Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1990.

Contact Hours: A combination of weekly seminars and fortnightly language-specific tutorials.

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One Essay 2,000 words 50%One Translation Assignment TBC 50%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Monday 5 November 2007 Monday 21 January 2008

Core Texts:

This list is rather long because we will be looking at several case studies. We will not, however, be reading these books cover to cover; in most cases we will look at 1-2 chapters, or, in the case of Lu Xun, of one short story.

胡功泽《翻译理论之演变与发展》（台湾：书林译学丛书７，１９９４）刘宓庆《当代翻译理论》（台北：书林译学丛书６，１９９３）柯平《英汉与汉英翻译》修订版（台北：书林译学丛书８，１９９４）热扎克买提尼牙孜《西域翻译史》陈鹏翔主编，《翻译史，翻译论》周兆祥《翻译初阶》（台北：书林译学丛书１３，１９９６）林纾。 translation of Study in Scarlet. Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895. 天演论。（英）赫胥黎选；严复译述。严复名着丛刊，第一册

[Evolution and Ethics] 鲁迅。“药”。呐喊。北京：人民文学出版社，1973. Bassnett, Susan. Translation Studies. Revised edition. London: Routledge, 1991. Benjamin, Walter. “The Task of the Translator.” In Selected Writings, Volume 1: 1913-1926.

Edited by Marcus Bullock and Michael W. Jennings. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1888. Gunn, Edward M. Rewriting Chinese: style and innovation in twentieth-century Chinese prose.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1991. Hung, Eva and Judy Wakabayashi, editors. Asian Translation Traditions. St. Jerome, 2005. Huxley, Thomas Henry. Evolution and ethics, and other essays. New York: AMS Press, 1970. Jin, Di & Nida, E. A. On Translation–With Special Reference to Chinese and English. (北京：

中国对外翻译出版社，1984). Liu, Lydia He. Translingual practice: literature, national culture, and translated modernity--China,

1900-1937. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1995. Lu, Hsun. “Medicine.” In The Selected works of Lu Hsun. 2nd edition. Translated by Yang

Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1964. Lu, Hsun. “Medicine.” In Diary of a madman and other stories. Translated by William A. Lyell.

Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press , 1990.

Additional Suggested Reading: 单其昌《汉英翻译入门》（河北：河北教育出版社，１９９１）吕瑞昌，喻云根等《汉英翻译教程》（西安：陕西人民出版社，１９８３）张塔基，喻云根等《英汉翻译教程》（上海：上海外语教育出版社，１９８０） Chung-wai Literary Monthly, Vol 29, no. 5 (Oct 2000) (special issue on translation)

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Course Unit code: ELAN 60682Title: Practicum: Translating Theory to and from ChineseCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: This course unit will not be available in 2007- 8Tutor: Dr James St AndréPre-requisites: ELAN 60951 Case Studies in Chinese-English, English-Chinese

Translation

Aims: To increase students’ awareness of theoretical knowledge of translation; To expose students to post-structural understanding of the translation process; To give students a chance for intensive practice of translation.

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Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: apply post-structural theoretical models of translation to actual translation tasks; become skilled in the translation of theoretical material between Chinese and English; work in groups to produce a finished translation of consistent style.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: practical translation skills; revising and editing skills; group work skills; theoretical modelling; enhanced time management and project management skills.

Curriculum Content: Introduction and division into project groups; task assignment Travelling theory 1: Said, Miller Travelling theory 2: Zhang Overview of terminological issues Researching the subject area in the target language Using the web to mine terminology Liaising with author and publisher Style sheet and quality control issues Discussion of substitution issues (1) Discussion of substitution issues (2)

Contact Hours: One hour weekly.

Assessment Length required Weighting within unit

Translation of a theoretical text 3,000 words/5,000 characters

30%

Commentary on translation of theoretical texts 2,000 words 70%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Not applicable for 2007- 8

Core Texts: Miller, J. Hillis. (1996) ‘Border Crossings, Travelling Theory: Ruth.’ In Sanford Budick and

Wolfgang Iser, editors, The Translatability of Cultures. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp.207-223.

Said, Edward. (1983) ‘Travelling Theory.’ In The World, the Text, and the Critic. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp.226-248

Zhang Longxi. (1998) ‘Western Theory and Chinese Reality.’ Mighty Opposites. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, pp.151-183.

黄昌宁 , 李涓子著 . [Huang, Changning and Li, Juanzi] 语料库语言学. [Corpus Linguistics] 北京 : 商务印书馆 [Beijing: The Commercial Press], 2002. ISBN: 7100033640

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Course Unit Code: EALC 66002Title: China in Regional and Global Perspectives: Culture, Network and

TransnationalismCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: This course unit will not be available in 2007- 8Tutor: Professor Hong LiuPre-requisites: None

Aims: To provide students with a thorough understanding of the socio-cultural changes in contemporary

China, and of China’s place in East Asia and beyond, informed by a multi-disciplinary perspective; To develop students’ skills in critical analysis, and their ability to apply them to the study of

modern China and East Asia; To develop students’ understanding of the important roles played by non-state factors such as

culture, network, contact zone, and transnationalism; To develop students’ understanding of Chinese/East Asian approaches to changing global

environments and domestic transformations.

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Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: demonstrate a thorough understanding of the socio-cultural changes in contemporary China, and

of China’s place in East Asia and beyond; apply perspectives drawn from a range of disciplines, and improved skills in critical analysis, to

the study of modern China and East Asia; demonstrate an understanding of the important roles played by non-state factors such as culture,

network, contact zone, and transnationalism; demonstrate a balanced understanding of Chinese/East Asian approaches to changing global

environments and domestic transformations.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: critical analytical skills in the humanities in general and Asian studies in particular; the ability to apply multi-disciplinary perspectives to the humanities in general and Asian studies in

particular; improved skills in verbal and written communication, and in the construction of arguments in

appropriately lucid and scholarly terms.

Curriculum Content:This course unit is concerned with approaches to contemporary China from multi-disciplinary and transnational perspectives. It will trace the origins and evolution of Asian/Chinese studies since the end of World War II and examine the ongoing debates between area studies and disciplines. It will look at East Asia as a historical and cultural entity from the regional perspective and discuss the patterns of interactions between nation-states and different sub-regions, with a focus on the roles of culture, network and contact zone. Attention will also be given to the impact of globalization and transnationalism upon Chinese/East Asian studies and the responses from the field. This course unit will critically introduce various new geo-cultural frameworks of understanding modern Asia, especially China, Southeast Asia and Japan, as well as their complex interactions since 1900.

Contact Hours: Nine weekly lectures/seminars.



One Critical Review Essay 1,000 words 25%One Research Report 2,500 words 50%Oral Presentation 20 minutes 25%


Core Texts:

Compulsory Readings: Robert Ash, David Shambaugh, Seiichiro Takagi, eds, China Watching: Perspectives from

Europe, Japan and the United States (London: Routledge, 2006), selected chapters. David Kang, “Getting Asia Wrong: The Need for New Analytical Frameworks,” International

Security, vol. 27, no. 4 (2003), pp. 57-85. Paul Cohen, “Introduction: China Unbound,” in idem, China Unbound: Evolving Perspectives on

the Chinese Past (London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003), pp. 1-22. Giovanni Arrighi, Takeshi Hamashita, and Mark Selden, “Introduction: The Rise of East Asia in

Regional and World History Perspective,” in idem eds., The Resurgence of East Asia: 500, 150 and 50 Year Perspectives (London: Routledge, 2003), pp. 1-16.

Michel Oksenberg, “Politics Takes Command: An Essay on the Study of Post-1949 China,” in

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Cambridge History of China, vol. 14, part 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987), pp. 543-90.

Maurice Freedman, “What Social Science Can Do For Chinese Studies?” in William Skinner, ed., The Study of Chinese Society (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1979), pp. 398-406.

Guobing Yang, “The Internet and the Rise of a Transnational Chinese Cultural Sphere,” Media, Culture & Society, no. 25 (2003), pp. 469-490.

Tu Wei-Ming, “Cultural China: The Periphery as the Center,” in idem ed., The Living Tree: The Changing Meaning of Being Chinese Today (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994), pp. 1-34.

Hong Liu, “The Transnational Construction of ‘National Allegory’: China and the Cultural Politics of Postcolonial Indonesia,” Critical Asian Studies (Sept., 2006), pp. 179-210.

Alejandro Portes, Luis E. Guarnizo and Patricia Landolt,“The Study of Transnationalism: Pitfalls and Promise of an Emergent Research Field,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22, 2 (1999), pp. 217-37.

Max Boist and John Child, “From Fiefs to Clans and Network Capitalism: Explaining China’s Emerging Economic Order,” Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4 (1996), pp. 600-628.

Tan Chee-beng, ed.s, Chinese Transnational Networks (London: Routledge, 2006), selected chapters.

Lowell Dittmer, “East Asia in the ‘New Era’ in World Politics,” World Politics, vol. 55, no. 1 (2002), pp. 38-65.

Zheng Bijian, “China’s ‘Peaceful Rise’ to Great-Power Status,” Foreign Affairs, vol. 84, no. 5 (Sep/Oct. 2005), pp. 18-24.

David Shambaugh, “China Engages Asia: Reshaping the Regional Order,” International Security, vol. 29, no. 3 (2004), pp. 64-99.

Chaohua Wang, ed., One China, Many Paths (London: Verso, 2003), selected chapters. Wang Hui, China’s New Order (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005), sepected

chapters. Nick Knight, “Reflecting on the Paradox of Globalisation: China’s Search for Cultural Identity

and Coherence,” China: An International Journal, vol. 4, no. 1 (2006), pp. 1-31. Jia Qingguo, “Disrespect and Distrust: The External Origins of Contemporary Chinese

Nationalism,” Journal of Contemporary China, vol. 14, no. 42 (2005), pp. 11-21.

Supplementary Readings/Viewings: Bruce Cumings, “Boundary Displacement: Area Studies and International Studies during and after

the Cold War,” in Masao Miyoshi and H. D. Harootunian, eds., Learning Places: The Afterlives of Area Studies (Durham: Duke University Press, 2002), pp. 261-302.

Globalization Project, the University of Chicago. 1997. “Area Studies, Regional Worlds: A White Paper for the Ford Foundation”, http://www.uchicago.edu/cis/globalizatopm/white-paper.html.

Peter Katzenstein, “East Asia: Beyond Japan,” in Peter Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi, eds., Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006), pp. 1-35.

Hong Liu, “Sino-Southeast Asian Studies: Toward an Alternative Paradigm,” Asian Studies Review, 25, 3 (2001), pp. 259-83.

Rey Chow, “We Endure, Therefore We are: Survival, Governance and Zhang Yimou’s To Live,” The South Atlantic Quarterly, 95, 4 (Fall 1996), pp. 1039-1064.

Movie: “To Live,” written by Yu Hua and directed by Zhang Yimou (1994). Peter Katzenstein, 'Introduction: Asian Regionalism in Comparative Perspective’, in Peter

Katzenstein and Takashi Shiraishi, eds., Network Power: Japan and Asia (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997), pp. 1-46.

Chris Burgess, “The Asian Studies ‘Crisis’: Putting Cultural Studies into Asian Studies and Asia into Cultural Studies,” International Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 1, no. 1 (2004), pp. 121-136.

Aihwa Ong and Donald Nonini, eds., Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Tran nationalism (New York: Routledge, 1997), selected chapters.

Frank Pieke, Pàl Nyiri, Mette Thunø, Antonella Ceccagno, Transnational Chinese: Fujianese Migrants in Europe (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004), selected chapters.

Hong Liu, “Old Linkages, New Networks: The Globalization of Overseas Chinese Voluntary

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Associations and Its Implications,” The China Quarterly, no. 155 (1998), pp. 582-609. Nicholas Khoo and Michael Smith, “China Engages Asia? Caveat Lector,” International Security,

vol. 30, no. 1 (2005), pp. 196-213. “Lee Kuan Yew Reflects,” Times, December 5, 2005

(http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501051212/lky_intvu.html) Peter Hays Geris, “China’s ‘New Thinking’ on Japan,” The China Quarterly, 2005, pp. 831-50. Gillian GOH Hui Lynn, “China and India: Toward Great Cooperation and Exchange,” China:

An International Journal, vol. 4, no. 2 (Sept. 2006), pp. 263-84. Thomas J. Christensen, “Fostering Stability or Creating a Monster? The Rise of China and

U.S. Policy toward East Asia,” International Security, vol. 31, no. 1 (2006), pp. 81-126. Goran Therborn, “Asia and Europe in the World: Locations in the Global Dynamics,” Inter-

Asia Cultural Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (2002), pp. 287-307.

Course Unit Code: EALC 67002Title: Themes in the Anthropology of China Credit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: Dr Anna Lora-WainwrightPre-requisites: None

Aims: To enable students to acquire a wide-ranging and comprehensive understanding of modern

Chinese society and culture, particularly of rural areas; To enable students to carry out subsequent research in the field; To develop students’ ability to apply general anthropological and sociological concepts to the

understanding of Chinese society; To foster students’ skills in analysis, argument, independent thinking, effective oral and written

expression, and to provide students with training both in general research methods and the conventions of academic writing.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: demonstrate a broad background knowledge of modern Chinese society and culture;

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demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the state of the field, with a focus on rural areas; conduct research on a chosen topic in the field; demonstrate the ability to apply general anthropological and sociological concepts to the

understanding of Chinese society.


Curriculum Content:This course unit provides an introduction to the anthropology of the People's Republic of China, focusing on the period after 1949. Themes covered in the unit include marriage and kinship, the family and the one-child policy; identity politics; socialism and development; Chinese religions and ritual life; welfare provision; civil society, popular culture and consumerism.

Introduction The family, kinship and individuals Identity politics in China I: class, generations and gender Identity politics in China II: minorities, ethnicity and the Chinese diaspora Health, illness and welfare provision in rural China Environment and development Religious revivalism, civil society and resistance

Contact Hours: Seven two hour seminars.




Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Friday 9 May 2008

Core Texts: Fei Xiaotong, 1992. From the Soil: the Foundations of Chinese Society, Berkeley: University of

California Press. Yunxiang Yan, 2003. Private Life under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese

Village. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

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Core Course Units:Politics, Economy and History

Course Unit Code: POLI 71022Title: China in the International SystemCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: Dr Shogo SuzukiPre-requisites: None

Aims: To introduce students to the international relations of an important rising power, China; To foster students’ ability to analyse China’s foreign policy in a theoretically-informed manner; To develop students’ ability to apply International Relations theory critically to empirical cases; In addition to gaining a solid understanding of China’s interactions with the international system,

this course unit aims to further students’ understanding of how the international system has been shaped through its interaction with and accommodation of China;

To develop a broad understanding of the political developments of China’s international relations, particularly since 1949.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will have:

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a broad understanding of the political developments of China’s international relations, particularly since 1949;

analytical skills: an ability to develop arguments which synthesise theoretical and empirical material;

communication skills: ability to effectively articulate coherent, critically-informed arguments and ideas to a small and larger groups; ability to interact with colleagues in a constructive manner;

writing skills: an ability to express concise, logical arguments in written form.

Curriculum Content:Historical Background: Introduction The East Asian international order and China’s entry into international societyApplying the theoretical insights of IR to explain China’s behaviour: China as a realist power or revolutionary power? Domestic explanations for China’s international behaviour Taming the Dragon: China’s engagement with international norms More ideational factors in China’s international relations: nationalism and historical memoryAnalysing current issues: Critically evaluating the ‘China Threat’ thesis China and human rights

Contact Hours: Fifteen hours over semester 2.

Assessment Length required Weighting within unit

One Essay 3,500 words 75%One Short Paper and Presentation 1 or 2 per student 15%Participation/Attendance 10%

Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Please contact the School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Office. Please Note, the regulations and deadlines governing the submission of assessed coursework, late submission penalties etc for this course unit are those of the School in which the option is taught. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of regulations surrounding the submission of work in Schools outside of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures.

Core Texts: Samuel S. Kim (ed), China in the World: Chinese Foreign Policy Faces the New Millenium (4th

edition). Boulder: Westview, 1998 (other editions available) Thomas W. Robinson and David Shambaugh (eds), Chinese Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995 Denny Roy, China’s Foreign Relations. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998 Michael Yahuda, The International Politics of the Asia-Pacific, 1945-1995. London: Routledge,

1996, 2004

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Course Unit Code: ECON xxxx2 (Code to be confirmed)Title: Topics in the Economic Development of China Credit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: Dr Xiaobing WangPre-requisites: None

Please note, this course unit is new for 2007- 8. Further details can be obtained from the School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Office in due course.

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Course Unit Code: POLI 60212Title: Global Politics of ChinaCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: This course unit will not be available in 2007- 8Tutor: Professor William A. CallahanPre-requisites: None

Aims: To provide an advanced introduction to the role of China in regional and international security and

order; To examine important elements of foreign policy study, and the interrelation of domestic and

international politics; To critically examine key issue areas in international relations, East Asian politics and Chinese

foreign policy; To critically examine key conceptual approaches, including realism, constructivism and critical

security studies; To critically engage with key aspects of the literature; To identify new areas of scholarly engagement; To enhance students’ critical, evaluative, analytical, communicative and problem-solving skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

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By the end of this course unit successful participants will: have developed a comprehensive and considered understanding of the field; have developed a critical understanding of the scholarly literature; be able to work with and be critical of key conceptual approaches; be able to identify salient issues and new areas for research within the discipline; have enhanced their critical, evaluative, analytical, communicative and problem-solving skills

through your participation in class discussions, your research and problem-solving activities, test-taking abilities, and production of course unit essay.

Curriculum Content: Introduction Nationalism and Foreign Relations in Greater China Regionalism in East Asia Chinese World Order in the 21st Century? What does ‘Security’ mean in 21st Century East Asia? Non-traditional Security in China and East Asia The Rise of China? Cultural Clashes in Greater China

Contact Hours: Two hours weekly in Semester 2.



One Essay 3,000 words 85%One Presentation TBC 15%


Core Texts: Rana Mitter, A Bitter Revolution: China’s Struggle with the Modern World, Oxford University

Press, 2004. William A. Callahan, Contingent States: Greater China and Transnational Relations, University of

Minnesota Press, 2004. G. John Ikenberry and Michael Mastanduno, eds., International Relations Theory and the Asia-

Pacific, Columbia University Press, 2003. Zhao Suisheng, A Nation-state by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism,

Stanford University Press, 2004.

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Course Unit Code: IDPM 72002Title: Growth and Development: Perspectives From China and IndiaCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: This course unit will not be available in 2007- 8Tutor: Dr Yin-Fang Zhang and Dr Thankom ArunPre-requisites: None

Aims:This course unit provides an analytical and comparative study of economic growth and development in two fast-growing economies – China and India. The course unit content reviews the experience of economic development of the two countries and evaluates the policies used by the two economies to promote economic growth and development. It also provides students with opportunities of using the data and to use the economic theories to explore the development trajectories of these two economies.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful students will be able to: critically assess the process and strategies of economic development in the two countries; explore critically the determinants of recent economic performance of the countries; derive the implications of the growth for the rest of the world in general and other developing

countries in particular; develop key analytical and interpretative skills by working on real economic data.

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Curriculum Content: Development patterns: a comparative study of the two economies Nature and pattern of economic growth in China - A sectoral analysis FDI and international trade in China Poverty and Inequality in China Nature and pattern of economic growth in India - A sectoral analysis FDI and international trade in India Poverty and Inequality in India Computer Lab sessions: analysis of economic data on India and China Implications for the rest of the world

Contact Hours: One hour weekly in Semester 2.



One Essay 3,000 words 80%Report based on computer-lab session 800 words 20%


Core Texts: OECD (2003), China in the World Economy: An OECD Economic and Statistical Survey, London:

Logan Page. Harvie, C. (2000) (ed) Cotemporary Developments and Issues in China’s Economic Transition,

London: Macmillian Press Ltd. Dreze, J and Sen, A (2002) India: Development and Participation, OUP, New Delhi. Jha, R (2003) (ed) Indian Economic Reforms, London: Palgrave Macmillan

Course Unit Code: BMAN 71491Title: Business Environment and Strategy in ChinaCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 1Tutor: Dr Fang Lee CookePre-requisites: None

Aims: To provide an overview of China’s business environment by contemplating its political, economic,

technological and environmental environment; To analyse the role of the state in shaping organisational practices and competition strategy; To explore the development of Chinese businesses as a result of the growing strength of the

private sector, the entry of MNCs in China, and the global competition that the Chinese industries are increasingly facing;

To outline major sources of competition, changes and types of business strategies, using a selection of Chinese industries and firms as examples;

To raise students’ awareness of the likely impact of elements of business strategy on China’s environment and sustainability of long term development – economically, socially as well as ecologically.

Intended Learning Outcomes:By the end of this course unit successful participants will be able to: identify benefits and pitfalls of different aspects of business strategy; explain the major institutional factors in China for business operations;

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assess the likely impact of global, national and industrial competition on firms operating in China; provide advice on the application of different elements of business strategies to business

organisations.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: critical reading skills; ability to analyse relevance and importance of ideas of others; skills of data collection and analysis, and oral presentation; group debate skills; time management skills; essay writing skills; analytical skills; teamworking skills.

Curriculum Content:This course unit analyses issues related to business environment, competition, strategy in China at international, national, industrial and firm level. At the international and national level, it contemplates the competitive pressures from foreign firms, the motive for Chinese firms to invest overseas, and the role of the governments, the business and economic context of China, and so on. At the industrial and firm level, more detailed discussions are given to analyse the dynamics of competition, characteristics of strategies and patterns of organisational practices of specific industries. As far as possible, the examples of firms are provided to illustrate the points at various levels.

It covers a number of themes that span across a number of sub-disciplines within business and management studies. These include, for example, corporate strategies, R&D and technological innovation, marketing and (corporate) branding, foreign direct investment, and human capital theory.

Contact Hours: Three hours per week.



One Examination 3 hours 100%

Please note, the examination for this course unit will take place during the January examination period (14 January 2008 - 25 January 2008)

Core Texts: Cooke, F. L. (forthcoming, 2007), Competition, Strategy and HRM in China, Basingstoke:

Palgrave Macmillan. Lasserre, P. and Schutte, H. (2006), Strategies for Asia Pacific: Meeting New Challenges, third

edition, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Green, K., Miozzo, M. and Dewick, P. (2005), Technology, Knowledge and the Firm: Implications

for Strategy and Industrial Change, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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Optional Course Units:

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Contemporary China

Course Unit Code: EALC 61000Title: Chinese Language for BeginnersCredit Rating: 30

Delivery: Both SemestersTutor: Mr Ablimit BakiPre-requisites None

Aims: To teach Chinese pronunciation through the pinyin script; To train students to be able to communicate in simple and real-life situations in a Chinese

speaking environment; To introduce students to the basic writing systems of Chinese characters; To help students acquire basic structures and grammatical points in everyday situations; To develop students to acquire basic skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing the

language.

Intended Learning Outcomes:By the end of this course unit, successful participants are expected to: have a good command of the sounds, tones and the pinyin script of Chinese; communicate successfully with Chinese native speakers in simple and real-life situations; read and understand a passage of up to 500 characters; master basic grammar, sentence patterns and syntax; recognise and write about 550 written characters; write a short passage with a vocabulary up to 100-120 characters.

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Contact Hours: Five hours per week in both semesters.



Weekly test to monitor progress 10 minutes 10%Written examination taken half-way through each semester 2 x 1 hour 40%Oral examination taken at the end of each semester 2 x 10 minutes 10%Written examination taken at the end of each semester 2 x 2 hours 40%

For clarification regarding the deadline dates for the assessment, please contact the course unit tutor.

Core Texts: Margaret Mian Yan and Jennifer Li-chia Liu. (1997). Interactions: A Cognitive Approach to

Beginning Chinese. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Liu Xun. (2002). A New Practical Chinese Reader (Textbook and Workbook). Beijing: Beijing

Language and Culture University Press. Hilda H. Tao. (2000). Getting around in Chinese: Chinese Skits for Beginners. Ann Arbor, MI:

Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan.

Dictionary: Collins Chinese Dictionary plus Language in Action. HarperCollins Glasgow 2004 1st Ed.

Course Unit Code: BMAN 71482Title: Marketing for ChinaCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: To Be ConfirmedPre-requisites: None

Aims: To provide students with a critical understanding of the role of marketing in an international

context in general and in the Chinese context more specifically; To consider marketing issues facing organisations operating across national boundaries; To analyse a variety of business situations by using a number of analytical tools; To develop students' analytical understanding of management objectives and marketing

concepts; To enable students to use international marketing terms and concepts appropriately in the

Chinese context; To enable students to understand the overall international marketing mix and key tools in putting

together an international marketing plan suitable for the Chinese context.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will have: gained a deeper insight into the complex, dynamic and increasingly global nature of the marketing

environment faced by domestic and international companies; gained a critical understanding of the strategic and operational decision-making process and skills

required for solving international marketing problems successfully;

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developed a critical understanding of how institutional, cultural and behavioural differences in different societal contexts may influence a firms’ marketing strategy and impact;

the ability to understand the increasing importance of branding and customer relationship management as part of the corporate strategy;

critical reading skills; the ability to analyse and contribute to the debate of issues central to international market and

marketing in the Chinese context; competence in the application of concepts and theories in the area of international marketing.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: practice the skills of data collection and analysis, and oral presentation; practice group debate skills; time management skills; examination skills; teamworking skills; critical reading skills; analytical skill; communication skills.

Curriculum Content:This course unit introduces the key concepts of marketing and its importance from the stakeholders’ perspective. It provides an overview of the marketing process and the international marketing environment under which marketing in China is explored. Models of consumer characteristics and buying behaviour, as well as factors influencing buying behaviour and decision process are analysed. The course unit also investigates issues related to marketing segmentation, targeting and positioning, e.g. how to identify the right customers, how to position a company’s product/service to achieve competitive advantage through the marketing mix and added value to customers. The course unit then explores issues related to international advertising, marketing communications and business communications and how they can be applied in China. Pricing strategy is an important issue for the Chinese market because of the relatively low living standards and the relatively low level of customer sophistication in general. Similarly, forms of direct marketing, issues in e-marketing and e-commerce and their suitability for the Chinese marketing context will be explored.




One Examination 3 hours 100%

Please note, the examination for this course unit will take place during the May/June examination period (15 May 2008 - 14 June 2008)

Core Texts: Keegan, W. and Green, M. (2005) Global Marketing, 4th edition, London: Prentice Hall. Kotler, P., Wong, V., Saunders, J. and Armstrong, G., (2005) Principles of Marketing, 4th edition,

London: Prentice Hall. Wang, Y. G. and Li-Hua, R. (2006) Marketing Competences and Strategic Flexibility in China,

Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

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Course Unit Code: BMAN 71501Title: Organisations and Human Resource Management in ChinaCredit Rating: 15

Delivery: Semester 1Tutor: Dr Fang Lee CookePre-requisites: None

Aims: To critically introduce to students a number of key concepts and theories in organisation and

human resource management (HRM) functions; To develop a deep understanding the institutional, socio-cultural environment of China and how

these factors influence the management of organisations and human resources; To compare and contrast the characteristics of HRM in China and that with other developing

countries as well as developed countries and the implications of these similarities and differences for Chinese multinational corporations (MNC) abroad and foreign MNCs in China;

To encourage students to think critically about the extent to which western theories on organisation and HRM techniques can be applied to Chinese firms;

To raise students’ awareness of legal and cultural differences in managing human resources in different countries;

To analyse some of the major practices of organisational/sectoral restructuring in China in recent years and their impact on employment, HRM and workforce well being.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will be able to: identify benefits and pitfalls of different aspects of HRM and their appropriateness in different

business and employment systems, especially in China; explain the role of HRM in organisations, particularly multinational firms;

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assess the likely impact of HR policies and practices on individuals in different national cultural and labour market environments;

provide advice on the practicability and application of different HR practices in employing organisations operating in and outside China.

Key Transferable Skills:On successful completion of this course unit, participants should have developed: critical reading skills; the ability to analyse relevance and importance of ideas of others; the skills of data collection and oral presentation; group debate skills; time management skills; essay writing skills; analytical skills; teamworking skills.

Curriculum Content:This unit introduces key themes and debates in organisational analysis and human resource management (HRM). It includes topics of HRM not just in mainland China, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan, not just on Chinese-owned businesses, but also western multinational corporations (MNCs) in the Chinese region. It also includes HRM implications for Chinese-owned MNCs in developed and developing countries. This is of increasing importance, given the rapid growth of Chinese outward FDI in recent years as part of its economic development. This design also injects an international dimension to the course unit so that the study of Chinese business is situated in an international and comparative context.





Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Please contact the Manchester Business School Postgraduate Office. Please Note, the regulations and deadlines governing the submission of assessed coursework, late submission penalties etc for this course unit are those of the School in which the option is taught. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of regulations surrounding the submission of work in Schools outside of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures. Core Texts: Cooke, F. L. (2005), HRM, Work and Employment in China, London: Routledge. Warner, M. (ed.) (2005), Human Resource Management in China Revisited, London: Routledge. Harzing, A. W. and Van Ruysseveldt (eds.) (2004), International Human Resource Management,

(2nd edition), London: Sage.

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Course Unit Code: RELT 70262Title: Buddhism and Modernity in China and East AsiaCredit Rating: 30

Delivery: Semester 2Tutor: Dr Francesca TaroccoPre-requisites: None

Aims: To explore the extent to which Buddhism contributed to the making of Chinese and East Asian

modernities; To analyse the thought and cultural practices of key Buddhist cultural activists; To lay the foundation for an advanced study of 19th and 20th century East Asian Buddhism; To recognise a variety of methodological approaches in the study of modern Buddhism and East

Asian modernities.

Intended Learning Outcomes:On completion of this course unit successful participants will: have gained an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of the issues concerning the study

of modern Buddhism in China and East Asia; be aware of the ways in which East Asian Buddhists reacted and adapted to the social and

religious changes of the 19th and 20th centuries; be able to find and use critically a range of materials such as books, journals, primary sources in

translation and web-based resources relevant to the topics studied in the course unit.

Curriculum Content:The course unit will begin by offering a historical overview of the period and by presenting the key methodological and theoretical issues connected with the study of Buddhism in China and East Asia in the modern period. It will then proceed to explore the interplay between Buddhism and new

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technologies, missionaries, nationalism, and war. The course unit will conclude with a discussion of the characteristics of contemporary East Asian Buddhism.

Contact Hours: One hour weekly seminar.




Deadline for submission of assessed coursework: Please contact the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures Postgraduate Office. Please Note, the regulations and deadlines governing the submission of assessed coursework, late submission penalties etc for this course unit are those of the School in which the option is taught. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of regulations surrounding the submission of work in Schools outside of the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures.

Core Texts: S. Heine and C. Prebish, Buddhism in the Modern World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003) Harris, Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth-Century Asia (London and New York: Pinter, 1999) R. Jaffe, Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism (Princeton:

Princeton University Press, 2002) D. S. Lopez, Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism (Chicago and

London: University of Chicago Press, 1995)

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