As China has been playing an increasingly important role in the global community, great attention has been paid to Chinese culture, history and art as well. Shufa, or Chinese calligraphy, the core of Chinese culture, or the highest art from China in the eyes of Western scholars of Chinese studies, has drawn much attention too. The course aims to provide both an overall introduction to this typical field of China studies and an opportunity of personal experience of the art itself.

Through Lecture Series of China Studies to enrich the competence about China

Through Series of Overseas China Studies to enrich the competence about China

This course examines the interaction of media and society in China. It provides an overview of major theories and perspectives on the social shaping and consequences of Chinese media. Topics range from the development of print, electronic, and digital media, to the political and cultural implications of journalism and communication in China. The main goal of the course is to help students understand the social control and social change dynamics between Chinese media and other social institutions.

This seminar positions China from late nineteenth century through the present in its historical, political and cultural perspectives. We start with methods of analyzing China that are usually taken, and critical reflections upon these methods from leading theorists of political economy.

This course focuses on China’s popular music and contemporary art culture contextualized in post-Mao, neoliberal China. There are several advantages in exploring China’s contemporary socio-cultural-political milieus from music and art.

field trips and practice in China

Quantitative Research in Social Science

Social Policy and Social Security in China This course will provide knowledge in the fields of sociology, social policy, social administration, development studies and policy analysis. It focuses on social policy issues in contemporary China, with a wide reference to various aspects of social life and people’s living conditions.

This course is tailored for post-graduate students who major in social science. It aims to introduce the students some of the basic social research methods which are widely use in mainstream academic world and therefore to teach them how to write academically accepted research paper. The students are supposed to learn how to observe, explain, and analyze the existing social problems or social phenomena.