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US/China Relations: Study Guide for Final Examination
Note: The exam is on June 8, 3:15-5:15 pm. If you want me to return your exam or your paper, please bring me a stamped, self-addressed envelope and I will stick them in the mail before I go to China. Papers are due on the afternoon of June 6, between 1 and 5, in my office, 821 PLC.
Part I. The exam will contain six of the following twenty items, of which you must identify or answer any five. You will have one third of a page for each item. Because you have the questions in advance, providing a minimally correct response will not earn as high a grade as demonstrating that you thoroughly understand the significance of the item to our course. What is China’s strategic interest in Tibet? Does the United States have a strategic interest in Tibet? Prison labor The Panchen Lama The Dalai Lama What groups in China seem most likely to be threatened by membership in the WTO? Tibet and Hollywood The CIA role in Tibet Reincarnation and Tibetan political succession Most Favored Nation vs Permanent Normal Trading Relations What groups in the United States seem most likely to benefit from membership in the WTO? Members of which US political party provided the most support for the vote on the China trade deal, and why? What is China’s nuclear weapons strategy? 17 point program What are the implications of China’s massive coal reserves on US-China relations? Xinjiang The Younghusband expedition The Three Gorges Dam China’s responses to US criticism of its human rights How do the imperatives of energy influence China’s diplomacy? Dharmsala
Part II. Be prepared to write a two-page essay on one of the following topics. You can choose either topic. 1. Napoleon is alleged to have said that "When China awakes, the whole world will shudder." One of the long-term consequences of the Chinese revolution seems to have been the awakening of China from a long slumber as an impoverished, easily exploited, and second-rate power. How might the United States respond to a newly assertive China? Select three points of disagreement between the United States and China and discuss the implications in each case of US accommodation versus a hard line. 2. Beijing officials regard both Tibet and Taiwan as falling within Chinese sovereignty, as much as Sichuan or Shanghai. Thus they find it very frustrating that discussion of both of the regions has become a part of "international relations." How are the Tibet and Taiwan situations similar, and how are they different? You may frame your answer either as seen from Beijing or from Washington. |
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