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SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS University of Virginia, Academic Sponsor Voyage: Spring 2015 Discipline: East Asian Studies EAST 3559: Sino-American Relations. Division: Upper Division Faculty Name: Lili Dong, Beijing Foreign Studies Univ.; John Shepherd, Univ. of Virginia Credit Hours: 3; Contact Hours: 38 Pre-requisites: There are no prerequisites. However, academic or other exposure to Chinese history, society, culture, politics, or foreign relations, as well as some knowledge of American history and foreign relations, will be useful. COURSE DESCRIPTION Interactions between two economic and military superpowers—China and the US—are likely to shape much of world history in the twenty-first century. How is the U.S. responding to the emergence of a second superpower and shifts in the balance of power? How will China wield its growing economic and political influence on the international stage? This course seeks to provide perspective on the challenges that each country faces in managing the relationship over the next decades. To provide background on the preconceptions, grievances, and aspirations each party brings to the relationship, we begin with a quick overview of the history of U.S.-China relations in the last century. We then proceed to survey current issues and their implications for the relationship by focusing on selected topics, including the issues surrounding trade, investment, intellectual property rights, security arrangements, Taiwan, Korea, human rights, environment and energy. The course also assesses the impact of third countries on the strategic relationship, especially those we will visit on this voyage: Japan, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries, India, and the countries of Africa. In all cases we will strive to represent the variety of points of view that exist on both sides of the bilateral U.S. – China relationship. Multimedia resources and field studies will be utilized to complement readings and class discussions. COURSE OBJECTIVES Students will gain a basic knowledge of China-US relations in the 19th and 20th centuries This course seeks to convey an understanding of the interaction of two nations that occupy center stage at the beginning of the 21stcentury. One is the world’s sole surviving super-power, the other the world’s most populous state, now in the fourth decade of the longest sustained period of rapid economic development of any third world country. In spite of profound political and cultural differences, as the world’s first and second largest economies, the two are interlinked and 1 interdependent. In addition to exploring diplomatic, military, and economic relations between China and the United States, we will take a close look at the more diffuse but equally important cultural, social, academic, and psychological interactions between their people. Through the dynamic interplay of Chinese-American team teaching and with first-hand onshore exposure to China and related Asian cultures, students should emerge from this course better able to understand the common interests and complexities that characterize Sino-US relations in an age of globalization. REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Roach, Stephen. 2014. Unbalanced: The Codependency of America and China. Yale University Press. ISBN: 978-0300187175 Roy, Denny. 2013. Return of the Dragon: rising China and regional security. NY: Columbia University Press. ISBN: 978-0-231-15900-5. Schaller, Michael. 2002. The United States and China; Into the Twenty-First Century. 3rd ed. NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 019-513759-0. Paperback. TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE Depart Ensenada- January 7: A1- January 9: The U.S. and China: early contacts. Readings: Schaller 2002: chapters 1 and 2: pp. 1-48. Film: PBS: China: A Century of Revolution –Battle for Survival –1911-1936. First hour of disc 1. A2-January 11: The relationship in WWII. Readings: Schaller 2002: chapters 3-5, pp. 49-104. Film: PBS: China: A Century of Revolution –Fighting for the Future –1936-1949. Second hour of disc 1. Film: Misunderstanding China, 52 mins. A3- January 13: The Chinese Revolution and the War in Korea. Readings: Schaller 2002: chapters 6-8, 105-163. 2 Film: China: A Century of Revolution –The Mao Years –1949-1960. Disc 2. 114 mins. Hilo: January 14 A4-January 16: The relationship from Nixon to the first Bush. Readings: Schaller 2002: chapters 9-10, 164-208. Film, PBS American Experience: Nixon’s China Game. 60 mins. A5-January 19: Bridging the Centuries: Bush’s (G.W) Roller Coaster: From “partner” to “competitor” and back to “partner” again Readings: 1. Schaller 2002: chapter 12, 209-230. Film: China: A Century of Revolution –Born Under the Red Flag—Surviving Mao. First hour of Disc 3. Film: Huózhe - To Live (Chinese: Huózhe), 1994. By Zhang Yimou. 133 mins. Recommended: 1. Thomas Donnelley & Colin Monaghan, “The Bush Doctrine and the Rise of China”, National Security Outlook, AEI, April 2007 2. Jia Qingguo, “The Impact of 9-11 on Sino-US Relations: A Preliminary Assessment”, in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 3 (2003) 3. Jean A. Garrison. 2005. Making China Policy , ch. 8, “From Strategic Competitor to Uneasy Ally: G.W. Bush and the Fragile U.S.-China Relationship. ” Boulder Co.: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 4. Liu Kang. 2010. “Obama's China policy” ch. 12 of Sujian Guo & Baogang Guo eds. 2010. In Thirty years of China-U.S. Relations: analytical approaches and contemporary issues. Lanham: Lexington. Study Day: January 21 A6- January 22: A Chinese view of International Relations. Readings: 1. Roy 2013. Chapter one: “Introduction” pp. 1-10. 2. Roy 2013. Chapter two: “A Chinese View of the World,” pp. 11-33. 3. Roy 2013. Chapter three: “U.S.-China Relations under Hegemonic Transition.” Pp. 35-58. Film: China: A Century of Revolution –Born Under the Red Flag—The New Generation. Second hour of disc 3. 3 Recommended: 1. Callahan, William. 2010. “Producing and Consuming National Humiliation Days.” pp.61-90. In Callahan, China, the Pessoptimist Nation. Oxford University Press. 2. Lim Yves-Heng. 2010. “The regional logic of China-U.S. rivalry.” pp. 37-56 In Thirty years of China-U.S. Relations: analytical approaches and contemporary issues. Lanham: Lexington. 3. Gries, Peter. 2004. China’s New Nationalism: Pride, Politics and Diplomacy. Berkeley: UC Press. A7-January 24: China, Japan, and the U.S. Readings: 1. Roy 2013. Chapter 5. “Japan and China: A Long Struggle with Bitter Resolve.” Pp. 81-102. 2. Valencia, Mark J. 2014. "The East China Sea Disputes: History, Status, and Ways Forward." Asian Perspective (2014) 38.2: pp: 183-218. 3. Senkaku Islands dispute. Wikipedia. Accessed 8.1.2014. Recommended: 1. Akio Takahara. 2008. “A Japanese Perspective on China’s Rise and the East Asian Order,” in Robert S. Ross and Zhu Feng, eds. China’s Ascent: power, security and the future of international politics. pp. 218-237. Cornell University Press. 2. James Reilly, “China’s Online Nationalism Toward Japan,” in Simon Shen and Shaun Breslin (eds.), Online Chinese Nationalism and China's Bilateral Relations, pp. 45-72. Lanham, MA: Lexington Books. 3. Sato, Yoichiro. 2009. “Tango without trust and respect? Japan’s awkward co-prosperity with China in the twenty-first century.” Pp. 94-119. In Cooney, Kevin and Yoichiro Sato. Eds. The rise of China and international security : American and Asia respond. Routledge. 4. Yong Deng 2008 China’s Struggle for Status, chapter 6 “Independent Rivalry with Japan.” Pp.167-199. Cambridge University Press. 5. Swain 2011. Ch. 2. Political and security relations with key Asian powers. Pp. 62-76. In America’s Challenge, Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-first Century. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 6. McDevitt, Michael. "The East China Sea: The Place Where Sino–US Conflict Could Occur." American Foreign Policy Interests (2014) 36.2: pp: 100-110. online 7. Manicom, James. Bridging Troubled Waters: China, Japan, and Maritime Order in the East China Sea (Georgetown University Press; 2014) 8. Patalano, Alessio. "Seapower and Sino-Japanese Relations in the East China Sea." Asian Affairs 45.1 (2014) pp: 34-54. online 9. Valencia, Mark J. 2007. “The East China Sea Dispute: Context, Claims, Issues, and Possible Solutions.” Asian Perspective 31.1: 127-167. Yokohama: January 26-27 In-Transit: January 28 Kobe: January 29-31 A8 – February 1. China, Taiwan and the U.S. 4 Readings: 1. Roy 2013. Chapter 10. “Taiwan in the PRC’s Lengthening Shadow.” Pp. 194-222. 2. Roy 2013. Chapter 4: “China’s Military Rise.” Pp. 59-80 Recommended: 1. Yong Deng 2008 China’s Struggle for Status, chapter 8 “Taiwan and China’s Rise.” Pp. 245- 269. Cambridge University Press. 2. Swain 2011. Ch. 2. Political and security relations with key Asian powers. Pp. 85-98. In America’s Challenge, Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-first Century. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 3. Swain 2011. Ch. 4. Military Deployments and Relations. Pp. 147-182. In America’s Challenge, Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-first Century. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Film: The Founding of a Republic (2009, Chinese historical film directed by Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China.) Electronic file with English subtitles. Shanghai: February 3-4 In-Transit: February 5-6 Hong Kong:7-8 A9- February 9: U.S.-China Relations, Southeast Asia, and the South China Sea controversy. Readings: 1. Roy 2013. Chapter 6. “Pressure on China’s Neighbors.” Pp. 115-122. 2. Roy 2013. Chapter 11. “The South China sea dispute.” Pp. 223-238. 3. Haiyang Shiyou 981 Standoff. Wikipedia. Accessed Aug. 1, 2014. 4. Hiebert, Murray. 2014. “China’s push in the south china sea divides the region.” Yale Global 15 May 2014. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/china%E2%80%99s-push-south-china-sea- leaves-region-divided Recommended: 1.Womack, Brantly.