China's Next Moves
Rana Mitter
Instructor
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Rana MitterPresenter, writer, professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at Oxford.
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About the Course
In 1949 Mao Zedong, a former library assistant, declared the creation of the people's Republic of China, a move that plunged the country into social and economic transformation. But how did this originate? Do remnants of his ideology still exist today? Where is China headed next? Should we be fearful or optimistic about what the future holds?
Join renowned China specialist, Oxford historian and regular BBC host, Rana Mitter, in this course as he explores China's Next Moves. Professor Mitter will chart a riveting course through Ancient Chinese History, Confucianism, WW2, Maoist doctrine and the modern CCP, offering his expert opinion on how these forces shape China today.
By the end of the course, you will have learned:
- The ideas that characterise Confucianism
- The impact of WW2 on China
- The forces that dictated the rise and fall of Maoism
- China's modern political ideology
- The challenges that China faces
- What our modern outlook on China should be
IAI Academy courses are designed to be challenging but accessible to the interested student. No specialist knowledge is required.
About the Instructor
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Rana Mitter
“Does China want to transform the global order to advance its own interests and to reflect its own image? That may be the most important question in geopolitics today, yet the answers it elicits tend to reveal more about modern biases than they do about what a future Chinese superpower would look like.”
Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at the University of Oxford. He has been elected to several prestigious positions including president of the Cambridge Union, Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University and Fellow of the British Academy. In 2019, he was appointed an OBE for his services to education. Mitter is also a regular writer for publications such as The Telegraph, the Financial Times and the Guardian, and frequently presents BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking. Mitter's research focuses on the emergence of nationalism in modern China and he has authored several books on the topic.
"Breathtaking and authoritative" - Daily Telegraph
Course Syllabus
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Part One: The Ideas that Shaped ChinaHow has the history, ideology and philosophy developed in China throughout the millennia? And how does this lead us to where China stands socially, economically and globally today?
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Part Two : China in the 2020sThe question everyone from the U.S. President to China's immediate neighbours are asking: where is China heading?
