This syllabus is designed for a mini course for undergraduate and M.A. students. Over the course of the 8 sessions (two per day, once a week), students will investigate the international political economy of the People’s Republic of China. Once an exporter of socialist revolution and foreign aid during the Mao era, China is now a leading global power in trade, investment, and development finance. In this process of transformation, China is blurring boundaries between the state and business, challenging conventional ideas about development, and remaking international economic institutions. Topics covered include China’s trade, investment, development finance, participation in international institutions like the World Trade Organization and World Bank, and campaigns like the Belt and Road Initiative. The course will discuss the economics, politics, and ideas shaping China’s policy decisions, and critically consider their implications from the perspectives of domestic and international actors.

•Examine key topics in China’s international political economy •Understand the historical and domestic context of international economic behavior by Chinese actors •Critically analyze key contemporary issues in China’s international political economy •Strengthen academic research and writing skills

Attendance and participation grades are based on class attendance, contributing to discussion based on the readings, and raising questions. There will be several short in-class activities; your participation in these activities will be a factor in your overall participation grade, but they will not be individually graded. Wikipedia audit. You will choose a topic from the course and identify a related Wikipedia entry. Next, you will read the entry carefully to identify its strengths and weaknesses (e.g. content accuracy, coverage, and potential biases), review its citations (e.g. sources, credibility), identify areas for improvement or gaps (e.g. adding new information, correcting inaccuracies, or expanding sections), and submit your edits to Wikipedia. Finally, you will submit a short summary (2 pages minimum, double-spaced) which includes information about the Wikipedia article you selected, what edits you made, the outcome, and reflections about your experience and the generation of knowledge on open-access platforms more broadly.

You will choose 1 reading each week—academic journal articles and book chapters only—and complete a 1-page critical reading exercise for each. This assignment will ask you to summarize and critically analyze the content of each reading. A worksheet you will use to complete this assignment will be provided. Research paper. This 10-page research paper will identify and analyze a policy or issue related to one of the class topics of your choice. You will be required to (1) explain why this policy was adopted; (2) trace the policy over time; (3) explain why the policy changed (or why it has stayed relatively constant); (4) discuss the key actors in this policy area (individuals and organizations); (5) analyze its economic, political, and/or social consequences.

Introduction to the Course and International Political Economy •Nicola Phillips, “Global Political Economy,” The Globalization of World Politics (Oxford, 2020). •Review syllabus China’s Mao-Era Political Economy and Socialist Internationalism •Barry Naughton, “The Socialist Era, 1949-1978: Big Push Industrialization and Policy Instability,” The Chinese Economy: Adaptation and Growth (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018). •Listen to NPR interview with Yang Jisheng (杨继绳): https://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164732497/a-grim-chronicle-of-chinas-great-famine •Matthew Galway, “Building Uhuru: Chinese Workers and Labour Diplomacy on the Tan–Zam Railway,” in Ivan Francescini and Christian Sorace, Proletarian China: A Century of Chinese Labor (New York: Verso Books, 2022). •“The Chinese Government’s Eight Principles for Economic Aid and Technical Assistance to Other Countries” (1964): http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/121560 Reform and Opening and China’s Global Economic Integration •Barry Naughton, “Market Transition: Strategy and Process,” The Chinese Economy: Adaptation and Growth (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2018). • Martin Albers, “Britain, France, West Germany and the People’s Republic of China, 1969–1982” (2016): 171–199. •Deng Xiaoping, ““Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts and Unite as One in Looking to the Future” (1978). •Listen to NPR interview, “The Secret Document that Transformed China,” January 20, 2012: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china International Trade and the World Trade Organization • Eric Thun, “The Globalization of Production,” in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 5th ed. (Oxford University Press, 2017), 174-196. • Philip Levy, “Was Letting China Into the WTO a Mistake? Why There Were No Better Alternatives, Foreign Affairs (2018). •“China: The Rise of a Trade Titan,” UN Trade and Development, April 27, 2021, https://unctad.org/news/china-rise-trade-titan. Foreign Aid, Development Finance, and Global Financial Governance •Deborah Brautigam, “Chinese Development Aid in Africa: What, Where, Why, and How Much?”, in Jane Golley, Ligang Song, eds., Rising China: Global Challenges and Opportunities (Australian National University E-Press, 2011), 203-222. •Jingdong Yuan, Fei Su, and Xuwan Ouyang, “China’s Evolving Approach to Foreign Aid,” Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Policy Paper 62 (2022). •Scott L. Kastner, Margaret M. Pearson, Chad Rector, China’s Strategic Multilateralism: Investing in Global Governance (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019), 143-172. •Gregory Chin, “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Governance Innovation and Prospects,” Global Governance 22 (2016), 11-26. The Belt and Road Initiative and Local Agency •Baogang He, “The Domestic Politics of the Belt and Road Initiative and Its Implications,” Journal of Contemporary China 28, no. 116 (2019), 180-195. •Cheng-Chwee Kuik, “Locating Host-Country Agency and Hedging in Infrastructure Cooperation,” in The Rise of the Infrastructure State: How US–China Rivalry Shapes Politics and Place Worldwide (2022). •“China’s Belt and Road Initiative Turns 10. Here’s What to Know,” World Economic Forum, November 20, 2023, https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/11/china-belt-road-initiative-trade-bri-silk-road/. In-Class Paper Workshop No assigned readings Trade War and Course Wrap-Up •Mark Wu, “Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on U.S. Companies in China” (2019). •Recent news on trade war to be assigned

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