Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies

• Students currently undertaking PhD studies with the Centre

  Name		Titles	Supervisor
  Randong Yuan		Exploring options for Social Security Reform in China: A Quantitative Simulation approach with Subnational Modelling	Professor Christine Wong
  Zhenjie Yuan		Spatiality, education and subjectivity: prescription, negotiation and the spatial politics of interethnic interactions in a Xinjiangban school	Dr Lewis Mayo
  Lei Yu		Affordable housing provision in Chinese cities: a solution for whom?	Professor Christine Wong
  Xiao (Monica) Tan		Towards enhanced primary care system in China: Redefining the Governments role	Professor Christine Wong
  Tianru Guan		Political communication space in the Chinese context - a case study of the Chinese media’s reporting and discussion of Sino-Japanese relations	Dr Sow Keat Tok
  Ted Liu		As assertive China in the Middle East to North Africa: more autonomy for the Arab States?	Dr Sow Keat Tok
  Tianyang Liu		The Politics of the Self: Regulatory Representation of Terrorism in the Xinjiang Region	Dr Sow Keat Tok
  Song Yao		Explaining the Actorness of Chinese Provincial Governments: the Case Study of Yunnan	Dr Sow Keat Tok

Subjects available in 2018

• Graduate coursework Semester 2

  China and the Environment (ASIA900016)
  Dr Sarah Rogers
  This subject provides an introduction to the key environmental challenges in contemporary China and to China’s environmental governance. The subject is structured around four topics: water resources, land resources, air pollution, and energy andclimate change. For each of these topics lectures and tutorials will analyse impacts, policy and governance arrangements, citizen and NGO involvement, government and media discourse, and international linkages. Students will be introduced to key theoretical debates in China studies, development studies and human geography to help them understand the complexities of China’s environmental challenges. Using the environment as a lens, students will gain an understanding of politics and state-society relations in contemporary China.

  For more information please see the Handbook entry

  China's Economic and Social Development (ASIA90011)
  Professor Christine Wong
  This subject examines China’s economic and social development experience from a generally economic standpoint. Contents include: patterns of traditional Chinese society and economy; geography and resource constraints, development since 1949, the transition to a market economy and contemporary problems and options.

  For more information please see the Handbook entry

  Contemporary China (ASIA90017)
  This subject provides an introduction to Contemporary China, focusing on the economy, politics, society, and China’s changing role in the world. Topics will include China’s economic history from the early 20th Century, its geography and resource constraints, the Maoist economy, market reforms, migration and urbanization, global economic integration, and China's future.

  For more information please see the Handbook entry

  Rising China in the Globalised World (INTS90007)
  Dr Sow Keat Tok
  This subject looks at the impact of a rising China in the globalised world. It examines contemporary China's relations with various powers, regions and global institutions, particularly in the context of its phenomenal rise in the last fourdecades. The subject also explores key issues related to China's rise: state-society relations, economic development, participation in regional and global institutions, disputes and conflict resolution etc.

  For fmore information please see the Handbook entry

  Asia and the World (ASIA90008)
  Dr Sow Keat Tok
  This is an advanced introduction to international politics in Asia. The subject explores the shift of global power to Asia and and provides a broad coverage of the regions relations with the great powers and international/regional institutions, including important issues like democratisation, economic globalisation and security. The course consists of three sections. The first section provides historical reviews of developments in Asia through understanding the roles played by external powers, and how the Asian powers are aligned both vertically (historically) and horizontally (across a specific historical juncture). Section two examines the issue of economic globalisation after the 1990s, particularly the rise of China and India. These seminars also cover Asia’s responses to economic globalisation by looking at particular reforms at the state level and initiatives at the regional level. The last section investigates topical interests related to Asia: democratisation, the environment, energy security and other security issues.

  For more information please see the Handbook entry

• Undergraduate subjects Semester 2

  China Since Mao (CHIN20008)
  Dr Sow Keat Tok
  This subject examines cultural and social tendencies in contemporary China, and shows how they have developed from the socialist system. It analyses the culture of China's different social groups - men, women, young people, workers, farmers, the elites, minorities, intellectuals and business people. It aims to give a sense of the contemporary Chinese cultural landscape and how this has been analysed by scholars.

  For more information please see the Handbook entry