Overview
Please respond to one of the questions below, engaging at least two required readings in Weeks 1-5.
1. Should China’s foreign relations be studied through distinct historical and cultural perspectives, rather than western theoretical models in IR? Why (not)?
2. Which is the most effective regime survival strategy of the Chinese Communist Party: repression, legitimation, or cooptation? Why?
3. To what extent do societal forces influence foreign policy outcomes in authoritarian China? Why/how?