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China in the Contemporary World

China in the Contemporary World. Lei Han, Katherine Min, Alex Huang, and Agya Boakye-Boaten. A Public Liberal Art University in North Carolina. Ten Subjects in 15 weeks. Culture Art Media Diversity New China. History Politics Foreign Affairs Economics Environment. History.

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China in the Contemporary World

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  1. China in the Contemporary World Lei Han, Katherine Min, Alex Huang, and Agya Boakye-Boaten A Public Liberal Art University in North Carolina

  2. Ten Subjects in 15 weeks • Culture • Art • Media • Diversity • New China • History • Politics • Foreign Affairs • Economics • Environment

  3. History • A brief overview of contemporary Chinese history • The May 4th movement • The rise of communist China • China at War • The war between China and Japan • How Chinese society changed after the war • The Cultural Revolution • Deng Xioping and economic reforms

  4. Politics • The formation and structure of the Chinese Government, political Ideology and institutions • Political structure • Party v. state • How are decisions made? Who makes them? • Human Rights/dissidents • Tianamen Square student demonstrations

  5. Foreign Affairs • The evolving role of China in international affairs with emphasis on international political and economic systems. • China and Europe • China and the United States • China and Africa • China and Latin America • WTO, GATT, Security Council etc.

  6. AFST 466 Politics of War in Africa Agya Boakye-Boaten

  7. Economics • Rise of China in Global Economy • Open Door Policy • Private/State Enterprises • Communist Capitalism • Domestic Economy: Stability and sustainability • International Trade: Fair and Open • Future Perspective

  8. Environment • Climates of China • Regional Climate Change in China • Impacts of Climate Change • Government Strategy • International Cooperation • Air Pollution • Water Pollution

  9. ATMS/LSIC 179 Global Climate Change and China Alex Huang

  10. Visual Art & Literature

  11. Effects of Deng Xiaoping’s Reform Policies on Contemporary Art • Gave Chinese artists greater access to information about major international art movements and styles, and a bit more freedom to experiment • Led to a proliferation of art galleries, museums, and auction houses in China, and more opportunities for Chinese artists and writers to travel and study abroad • Opened up secondary international markets for Chinese contemporary visual art • Led to more individuated and variedwork, in terms of media, style, and subject matter

  12. Literature • Limit to freedom of expression • Women writers – Zhang Kangkang, Can Xue, Fan Fan, Rhu Zhijuan • Writers of the Chinese diaspora – Dai Sijie, Gao Xianjian, Shouhua Qi, Annie Wang, Shan Sa • Chinese American writers, writing about China in English – Maxine Hong Kingston, Ha Jin, Anchee Min, Yiyun Li

  13. Protest Art v. State-Sanctioned Art? Liu Xiaobo • Ai WeiWei • Darling of the international art world • Artistic consultant for Beijing’s Olympic Stadium (“The Bird’s Nest”) • Dissident thorn in the side of Chinese government • Poet, writer, activist, won 2010 Nobel Peace Prize • Currently imprisoned

  14. “Remembering” Ai Weiwei’s mural constructed from 9,000 children’s backpacks, in memory of children killed in Sichuan school building collapse, during the 2008 earthquake. Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2009

  15. Mo Yan Wins 2012 Nobel Prize for LiteratureSparks international controversy • Salman Rushdie accuses Yan of being a “patsy of the [Chinese Communist] regime • Ai WeiWei says Yan’s win is “an insult to humanity” • Yan’s work has been critical of the government, and banned in China

  16. Media • State-run vs. Independent media • Regulators • Media reform • Diversified content • Ideological Shift • Market competition

  17. Media • Entering the realm of global popular culture • Chinese Soft Power at Home and Abroad • Internet and social media • Digital Media • Film • Animation

  18. INTS 376/NM 376 Exploring China Lei Han

  19. Student Learning Outcomes • At the end of this course, students should demonstrate the following: • An understanding of China’s modern history, especially from Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms of the 1980s to the present;

  20. Student Learning Outcomes • An appreciation for China’s increasing global significance; • An awareness of China’s rapid economic, social, and political changes, and some of its most significant challenges (i.e., pollution, water shortages, civic unrest);

  21. Student Learning Outcomes • An appreciation for the contradictions, nuances, and “competing narratives” that comprise contemporary China

  22. Media • A Brief History of Chinese Animation • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV3CrMCeSQ4 • Characteristics and styles • Conventional animation market

  23. Student Learning Outcomes • Students should have better understanding about China • Students should develop an appreciation of China and its global significance • Students should be prepared to continue their study on China

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