Instructors: 
Professor Kuan-Hsiung Wang (W1-W4)
Professor Ren-Jie Chuang (W5, W7-W9)
Professor Chengli Tien (W10-W12)
Professor Eugene Hung-Chang Kuan (W13-W16)

Weekly Subjects (Tentative):
Week 1 (9/5)：Nature of South China Sea Disputes
Week 2 (9/12)：Recent Developments of the SCS Disputes
Week 3 (9/19)：Taiwan's Role in the Disputes
Week 4 (9/26)：Presentation

Week 5 (10/3)：Reading Skill
Reading:
Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren, How to read a book (New York : Washington Square Press, 1974), chapter 6-12.
Week 6 (10/10)：Off
Week 7 (10/17)：Perspectives on Southeast Asian Studies
Reading:
Owen, Norman G. ed., Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History (London: Routledge, 2016)， Chapter 11， 12， 17， 19，25，26.
Week 8 (10/24)：Perspectives on Asian Migration Studies
Reading:
McKeown, Adam, Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change: Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-1936 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001), Chapter 1.
Nonini, Donald M. & Aihwa Ong, “Chinese Transnationalism as an Alternative Modernity. In Aihwa Ong and Donald M. Nonini eds., Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism (New York: Routledge, 1997), pp. 3-33.
Week 9 (10/31)：Some Tricks for Research

(Weeks 10-12 sessions may start earlier. Will explain in class or via email. Thank you.)
Week 10 (11/7)：Introduction on the Theories of International Trade and Investments
Week 11 (11/14)：Introduction to the Methods for Case Analysis
Week 12 (11/21)：Case Presentations & Discussion

Week 13 (11/28)：Chinese Citizens and Democracy
Week 14 (12/5)：China in the Eyes of Foreign Publics
Week 15 (12/12)：Political Effects of Trade with China
Week 16 (12/19)：(TBD)

備註: 此課程綱要可能調整, 煩請依課堂說明為準, 謝謝.
This whole course outline is subject to change. Please refer to the instructions in class for any updates. Thank you.

Professor Kuan-Hsiung Wang (W1-W4):
Week 1 (9/5)：Nature of South China Sea Disputes
[Reading List] Mark J. Valencia, Jon Van Dyke, and Noel A. Ludwig, Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea (University of Hawaii, 1999). Chapter III.
Week 2 (9/12)：Recent Developments of the SCS Disputes
[Reading List]
1. Serafettin Yilmaz,“Island Development and Reclamation in South China Sea: A Comparative Study of the Activities of China, Vietnam, and the Philippines”. 2015. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287196097_Island_Development_and_Reclamation_in_South_China_Sea_A_Comparative_Study_of_the_Activities_of_China_Vietnam_and_the_Philippines.
2. Hoang Thi Ha,“Pitfalls for ASEAN in Negotiating a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea”, Perspective, Issue 2019, No. 57 (23 July 2019).
3. Viet Hoang, “The Code of Conduct for the South China Sea: A Long and Bumpy Road”, The Diplomat, (28 September 2020).
Week 3 (9/19)：Taiwan's Role in the Disputes
[Reading List] Kuan-Hsiung Wang,“From Dangerous Ground to Safe Playground: A Revisit to Fishery Co-operation in the South China Sea”, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Vol. 34 (2016), pp. 20-38.
Week 4 (9/26)：Presentation

Professor Ren-Jie Chuang (W5, W7-W9):
Week 5 (10/3)：Reading Skill
[Reading List] Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren, How to read a book (New York : Washington Square Press, 1974), chapter 6-12.
Week 7 (10/17)：Perspectives on Southeast Asian Studies
[Reading List] Owen, Norman G. ed., Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian History (London: Routledge, 2016)， Chapter 11， 12， 17， 19，25，26.
Week 8 (10/24)：Perspectives on Asian Migration Studies
[Reading List]
1. McKeown, Adam, Chinese Migrant Networks and Cultural Change: Peru, Chicago, and Hawaii 1900-1936 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001), Chapter 1.
2. Nonini, Donald M. & Aihwa Ong, “Chinese Transnationalism as an Alternative Modernity. In Aihwa Ong and Donald M. Nonini eds., Ungrounded Empires: The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism (New York: Routledge, 1997), pp. 3-33.
Week 9 (10/31)：Some Tricks for Research

Professor Chengli Tien (W10-W12):
Week 10 (11/7)：Introduction on the Theories of International Trade and Investments
[Reading List]
1. International Economics: Theory and Policy (GE), 2015 (10e) or 2018 (11e) or 2022 (12e), Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc J. Melitz, Pearson Education.
2. International Business: The Challenge of Global Competition, 2012 (13e), Don Ball, J. Michael Geringer, Jeanne M. McNett, Michael S. Minor, McGraw-Hill Education.
Week 11 (11/14)：Introduction to the Methods for Case Analysis
[Reading List] Handouts/ Moodle files
Week 12 (11/21)：Case Presentations & Discussion
[Reading List] Cases to be announced in Week 10.
(The info above for Tien's section is subject to change. Thank you.)

Professor Eugene Hung-Chang Kuan (W13-W16):
Week 13 (11/28)：Chinese Citizens and Democracy
[Reading List] 
1. Yida Zhai. Remarkable economic growth, but so what? The impacts of modernization on Chinese citizens' political satisfaction. International Political Science Review Vol. 37(4) 533–549. (2016)
2. Narisong Huhe, Min Tang, and Jie Chen. Creating Democratic Citizens: Political Effects of the Internet in China. Political Research Quarterly Vol. 71(4) 757–771. (2018)
Week 14 (12/5)：China in the Eyes of Foreign Publics
[Reading List] 
1. Francis L.F. LEE, WANG Haiyan and ZHANG Fan. Are Foreign Publics Interested in News about China? Analysis of a Cross-National Survey. China: An International Journal Vol.14 (4) 1-21. (2016)  
2. Thomas J. Scotto, and Jason Reifler. Getting tough with the dragon? The comparative correlates of foreign policy attitudes toward China in the United States and UK. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Volume 17, 265–299. (2017) 
Week 15 (12/12)：Political Effects of Trade with China
[Reading List] 
1. Scott L. Kastner. Buying Influence? Assessing the Political Effects of China's International Trade. Journal of Conflict Resolution Vol. 60(6) 980-1007. (2016)  
2. Charles Miller and Helen Taylor. Can economic interests trump ethnic hostility? Trading ties versus outgroup hostility in Australian perceptions of China as a security threat. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Volume 17, 67–99. (2017) 
Week 16 (12/19)：(TBD)
[Reading List] (TBD)