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The People’s Republic of China
CANADA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
China
What comes to mind when you
think about China?
Introduction to China
 “Let China sleep, for when she awakes, she will shake
the world.” Napoleon Bonaparte
 Regions and cities
 Population and society
 Economy
Historical Evolution of China
 Imperial China
 Colonial occupation and
control
 Republic of China
 War and Revolution
China in Comparative Perspective
What are the similarities and
differences between China
and the other countries we
have studied in terms of their
historical evolution?
Maoist China
 Hundred Flowers
Campaign
 Great Leap Forward
 Cultural Revolution
Recent Developments
 Death of Mao Tsetung
 Economic Reforms under
Deng Xiaoping
 Tiananmen Square massacre
 China as a global economic
power
Political Culture and Socialization
 Confucianism
 Maoism
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Marxism-Leninism
Populism
Anti-elitism
Communalism
 Political pragmatism in the post Mao era
Chinese Political System
 Parallel political structures: state and party
 State (government)
 Premier
 Standing Committee
 State Council
 National People’s Congress
 Provincial and local
governments
Chinese Political System
Communist Party
 General Secretary
 Standing Committee
 Politburo
 Central Committee
 National Party Congress
Interest Articulation and Aggregation
 Guanxi
 Key interest groups
 GONGOs
 Weibo
 Local protest
Economic Reform: Perestroika without Glasnost?
 Limited use of market forces
 Introduction of material
incentives
 Foreign investment
 State capitalism
Problems of Economic Reform
 Rising unemployment
 Regional and social
inequalities
 Environmental problems
 Demands for political
reform?
Regional Politics in China
Internal Issues and demands for regional autonomy
 Xinjiang province: largely
Muslim region in northwest
China
 Tibet: Buddhist region in
southern China
 Hong Kong
Regional Politics in Asia
 Taiwan
 North Korea
 Japan
 Russia
 India
China – Emerging Global Power