POLITICS OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

Catalog description

Pre-requisites: POLI 203 or POLI 204 . An in-depth study of the modern political history and contemporary political system of China includes the fall of imperial China; the origins, development, and victory of the Chinese Communist Revolution; the rule and legacy of Chairman Mao Zedong, particularly the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution; economic reform, governance, and political repression (especially the Tiananmen crisis) in the era of Deng Xiaoping; and current Chinese politics in the post-Deng China.