JPA331Y0 Rise of China as a Global Power
This course will take students through important domestic institutions and events in China that shape its current political landscape. Students will be prompted to think about the implications of domestic political factors for China’s rise as a global power. It also examines China’s major adventurism abroad, such as the Belt-and-Road Initiative, and what the increasing footprints of the Chinese state and private firms overseas mean for international politics.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: 2.0 POL credits/1.0 CAS credit
Exclusion: JPA331H1/ JPA331Y1/ POLC16H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
Note: This can be counted towards programs in Contemporary Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.
2025 Course Outline (TBA)
Field Trips
- Welcome Dinner and Farewell dinner
- Visits to the National History Museum and Singapore Chinese Cultural Center
- Visit to Gardens by the Bay and the Parliament House
Instructors
Professor Lynette Ong is an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. She is the author of The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2021) and Prosper or Perish: Political Economy of Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), and numerous journal articles on the political economy, urbanization and contentious politics in China. She has taught Chinese politics at the St. George Campus, the University of Toronto for more than 15 years. She speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and is a frequent commentator on Chinese politics and political economy issues in international and domestic media, such as BBC, CNN, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Globe and Mail. She has advised a great number of graduate and undergraduate students on research projects related to China, East and Southeast Asia, and authoritarian countries in general. For more information, visit her professional website: lynetteong.com