China is a country of enormous scale and rich diversity, the governance of which can be considered as one of the greatest social engineering projects in human history. This lecture explores China's geographic, ethnic, cultural and economic diversity and considers the challenges this poses to social cohesion, economic vitality and political stability. Copyright 2013 Benjamin Habib / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Introduction to China

One China or Many China’s?

In this subject students are introduced to China. The lectures are tied together by several common themes, including China’s incredible geographic, ethnic and cultural diversity, it’s dual exceptionalist and wounded nationalism, and the Deng Xiaoping-era social bargain between the Communist Party and the Chinese people based on improving living standards in exchange for acquiescence to one-party rule.

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Introduction to China