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The course is an introduction to China’s economic development and reform. We will go through the history of China’s economic development prior to 1979, but the focus of the course is China’s economic reform and development since 1979. Some key questions will be addressed in the course include: how could China achieve rapid economic growth in the last three decades? How is the Chinese economy structured? How has this structure changed overtime? What is the current relationship between the private and public sectors, and how has this changed since 1979? What about township/village enterprises? What are some innovative Chinese companies, and how have they succeeded? Is Chinese economic development sustainable? The course investigates the transformation of Chinese economy, especially since 1979, and analyzes the political and economic reasons behind the transformation and the politics of the transformation. The instruction of the course is organized into lectures and discussions. The aim is to help students to gain a comprehensive understanding of and develop skills to analyze Chinese economy and its transformation. Schedule for 2012
Week 1 (9/12): Introduction
Week 2 (9/19): General Background
9/26 no class, read assignments
10/3 no class, National day holiday break
Week 3 (10/10): Political and Economic Reforms
Week 4 (10/17): The State and Development Strategies
Week 5 (10/24): Agriculture Reform and Rural Development
Week 6 (10/31): Rural industrialization
11/7 no class, read assignments/write proposal
Week 7 (11/14): Reforming the State-owned enterprises
Week 8 (11/21): Opening up: Foreign Trade
Week 9 (11/28): FDI and MNC in China
Week 10 (12/5): Inequality
Week 11 (12/12): Sustaining China’s Economic Development
12/19 no class, review for final exam/write final paper
12/26 no class, review for final exam/write final paper
Week 12 (1/2): final exam/(1/3)final paper presentation
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