HIS 364G (39820) / ANS 361 (30995)
POST-MAO CHINA
CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATION – W
Spring 2010
T&Th 3:30-5: 00 p.m.
UTC 1.146
Office Hours: T&Th 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Huaiyin Li
Office: GAR 3.202
Office Phone: 475 7910
Email: hli@mail.utexas.edu
Course description:
This course examines Chinese economy, society, politics, and culture during the reform era since the
late 1970s in a historical context. It covers the following major themes: the transformation of
China’s rural and urban economies and its social consequences; change and continuity in
government systems, political ideologies, and popular values; and China’s integration into the global
system and its impact on China’s role in world politics. Using a comparative and historical
perspective, this course aims at identifying the characteristic “China model” of economic, social, and
political changes and explicating its implications for existing theories of development and
modernization.
Required readings:
Kenneth Lieberthal, Governing China: From Revolution to Reform
Huaiyin Li, Village China under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008
Peter Gries & Stanley Rosen, State and Society in 21st Century China
C. Fred Bergsten et al., China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities
Grading:
Class participation (10%): including two presentations.
Exam (20%): on Tue. Feb. 23.
Short essay (20%): 5 double-spaced pages, due Thur. Mar. 11.
Research paper (50%): 10 double-spaced pages, due Thur. May 6.
Note: 1) Attendance policy: You are allowed two unexcused absences. Each additional absence
without acceptable documentation will lower your final grade by 1 percent (up to 10%).
2) Plus/minus grades will be assigned for the final grade.
3) Any student with a documented disability who requires academic accommodations should contact
Services for Students with Disabilities at 471-6259 (voice) or 1-866-329-3986 (Video Phone) as soon
as possible to request an official letter outlining authorized accommodations.
Part I. Chinese History: An Overview
Tue. Jan. 19
Introduction
Readings:
Village China, Chap. 1
State and Society, Introduction
China’s Rise, Introduction
Thur. Jan. 21 Imperial heritages
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 1, pp. 3-19
Tue. Jan. 26
Late Qing Decline
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 1, pp. 12-26
Thur. Jan. 28 Republican China
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 2, pp. 27-39
Tue. Feb. 2
The Communist Revolution
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 2, pp. 39-56
Thur. Feb. 4
Movie
Tue. Feb. 9
Maoist China
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 4, pp. 84-109
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 3
Thur. Feb. 14 The Cultural Revolution
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 4, pp. 109-122
Tue. Feb. 16
Economic Reforms under Deng
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 5, pp. 123-131
Thur. Feb. 18 Political Reforms
Readings:
Governing China, Chap. 5, pp. 131-167
Tue. Feb. 23
Exam
No readings assigned
Part II. China Close-up
Thur. Feb. 25 Transition to Socialism
Readings:
Village China, Chaps. 2 & 4
Tue. Mar. 2
Popular Protests and Participation
Readings:
Village China, Chaps. 3 & 5
Thur. Mar. 4
Mobilization and Control
Readings:
Village China, Chaps. 6 & 7
Tue. Mar. 9
Post-Mao Reforms, part 1
Readings:
Village China, Chaps. 10 & 11
Thur. Mar. 11 Post-Mao Reforms, part 2
Readings:
Village China, Chaps. 12 & 13
(Short essay due)
Part III. Special Topics
Tue. Mar. 23
The Political System
Readings:
Governing China, Chaps. 6 & 7
Thur. Mar. 25 Economy and Environment
Readings:
Governing China, Chaps. 8 & 9
Tue. Mar. 30
State and Society
Readings:
Governing China, Chaps. 10 & 11
Thur. Apr. 1
The Dispossessed and the Jobless
Readings:
State and Society: Chaps. 2 & 3
Tue. Apr. 6
Resistance and Protest
Readings:
State and Society: Chaps. 4 & 5
Thur. Apr. 8
The Party and Its Enemy
Readings:
State and Society: Chaps. 6 & 7
Tue. Apr. 13
Attitudes, Values, and Feelings
Readings:
State and Society: Chaps. 8, 9, & 10
Thur. Apr. 15 Spirituality and Ethnicity
Readings:
State and Society: Chaps. 1 & 11
Tue. Apr. 20
Chinese Democracy?
Readings:
China’s Rise: Chaps. 2 & 3
Thur. Apr. 22 The State in Crisis?
Readings:
China’s Rise: Chaps. 4 & 5
Tue. Apr. 27
Limits to Economic Growth?
Readings:
China’s Rise: Chaps. 6 & 7
Thur. Apr. 29 China and the U.S.
Readings:
China’s Rise: Chaps. 8 & 9
Tue. Apr. 4
China and the World
Readings:
China’s Rise: Chaps. 1 & 10
Thur. May 6
Conclusion
(Research paper due)