IV. East and Southeast Asia
East Asia
- I. Nov 16 (W) Political Economic History I
- Geopolitical Framework: Imperial Legacies of China and Japan (329-331)
- Chinese Development (337-340)
- Sitja: Structure and impact of a Township Enterprise
- PART 1
- PART 2
- Guangdong: It's role in the Global Production Chain
- II. Nov 21 (M) - Chinese Geopolitics and Japanese Political Economic History
- The Division of China; The Chinese Territorial Domain (333-334)
- Taiwan and Hong Kong (337)
- The Rise of South Korea (336)
- The Rise of Japan; Japan's Revival (331-332)
- Japan's Boom and Bust (335-336)
- What does China Want?
- US Forfeits respect in Asia by letting Taiwan down
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Films
- Explain the structure of a 'township enterprise' . . . who owns it, who manages it, who invests in it, who works in it
- Clarify how people are restricted in their ability to move and find work, and explain the role that township enterprises plays for 'rural' people
- Describe signs of wealth that show the degree to which these township enterprises bring properity
- Explain the structure of a Nike factory in the Guangdong Free Trade Zone. . . who owns it, who manages it, who works in it
- Explain where Guangdong sits in the Global Production Chain . . . . financing, research and development, raw resource provider, manufacturing, transportion, marketing, consumption
- Identify 2-3 of Guangdong's 'advantages' that help explain why this particular region experienced such economic growth under this production model
- Explain where the factory workers come from, and describe their working conditions
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Planet Money PodCast - China's Land Reform (in dropbox WRG)
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- Clarify what the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 stipulates
- Describe what the US is currently proposing to sell and not sell to Taiwan
- Explain the broader implications of that decision in US-Taiwan relations
- Explain why, according to the commentator, that is a bad decision
- Nov 23 (W) - NO CLASS - Thanksgiving Break
- III Nov 28 (M): Demography, Culture and the Environment
- The Division of Korea (492)
- Population and Settlement: A Realm of Crowded Lowland Basins (469-472)
- Cultural Coherence and Diversity: A Confucian Realm? (323-329)
- China's Population Quandry (340-341)
- Chinese Environments (317)
- China's Agricultural Regions (319-320)
- Global Warming and East Asia (314)
- In China: More kids or more stuff?
- Chinese labor pool on the decline
- A plea to populate
- A huge dam with big troubles
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Web
Market Place Special Series on China's One Child Policy
- Read the following two stories on that website:
- In Yicheng, where fertility rules have been relaxed to allow two children, describe rules that continue to restrict fertility decisions
- Explain why this region has a lower birth rate than the national average
- Illustrate the rate at which the young labor pool is expected to drop in the next 10 years
- Explain why China may still be able to attract manufacturing, even though its labor prices are expected to rise
- Explain two reasons why birth rates are dropping so quickly in Taiwan
- Explain why Taiwan is not happy with the trend
- Describe how Taiwan is planning to respond to the problem
- Identify the two main problems caused by the dam that are highlighted in this article
- Clarify why many of the relocated people feel that their compensation was inadequate
- Clarify the processes leading to soil erosion and its consequences for the people and the dam
Southeast Asia
- Nov 30 (M) Politica Economic Transformation
- The Introductiona nd Spread of Major Cultural Traditions (386-388)
- Geopolitical Framework (392-394)
- Settlement and Agriculture (382-383)
- Globalization and the Southeast Asian Economy (401)
- The Recent Rise of Vietnam (400)
- Vietnam: Fertile Dreams
- PART 1
- PART 2
- Dec 5 (M): Politics, Geopolitics, Demography, Culture, Environment
- Conflicts in Indonesia (395)
- Recent Demographic Change; Urban Settlement (384-386)
- Geography of Language and Ethnicity (389-391)
- Southeast Asian Culture in Global Context (391-192)
- The Deforestation of Southeast Asia (376-377)
- Global Warming and Southeast Asia (378-379)
- Malasia's Multi-cultural Society
- Green (powerful and highly recommended, but not required)
- Who Rules South China Sea?
- No Brussels Sprouts in Bali
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Film
- describe how Vietnam's agricultural sector was organized, clarifying the structure of land ownership, labor and compensation for work
- describe how Vietnam's agricultural sector has transformed since Doi Moi, clarifying the structure of land ownership, labor and compensation for work
- Describe the model, or structure, by which Vietnam is allowing foreign investors to set up industries in Vietnam
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- Illustrate why the Chinese are resented in Southeast Asia
- Identify 2-3 policies adopted by the government designed to relieve this tension
- Explain why those efforts may be only marginally successful
- Describe the film's overall message
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- Describe China's direct interest in the South China Sea
- Describe the US's direct interest in the South China Sea
- Describe China's broader intensions in asserting its power in the South China Sea
- Describe the US's broader intensions in asserting its power in the South China Sea
- Identify and describe the umbrella organization ASEAN and the role that the US would like it to play
- Explain why China does not intend to negotiate wtih ASEA
- Identify the stated "vision" or long-term goal of ASEAN
- Identify and describe a parallel European institution that this 'vision' invokes, as Europe marched down its path of deep integration
- Identify three reasons why, according to this commentary, ASEAN is not likely to follow that same path of supranationalism