Summer School on China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Diana Ignat
Whether one likes or not, the People's Republic of China is becoming an economic and political powerhouse and the world's second most powerful country after the United States. At the same time there are a lot of misconceptions and confusion about the real nature of Beijing's political and economic system. If you are a student interested in finding out what the real China is and where it is headed in the near future.

Period
05-07-2014 - 12-07-2014 (1 weeks)

Target group
Young academic professionals who are currently students of either undergraduate or graduate degrees in any relevant academic programmes.

Course aim
The summer school 'China: A World Superpower - Myth or Reality?' will deal with the interrelated phenomena of Chinese domestic politics & economy and Beijing's foreign policy and position in the current world order.Upon finishing the program, the students will ideally have gained a clear picture as to China's capabilities as well as weaknesses and should understand what is the 'Beijing consensus', where the PRC is headed and what China's superpower ambitions will mean for other states, near and far alike.

Credits
0.0 ECTS credits



Course fee
EUR 680: Early bid applications until January 31, 2014.

EUR 750: Final deadline applications until February 15, 2014 for applicants who submit their applications after January 31 2014.

Course leader
Dr. John W. Garver, Dr. Zhengxu Wang,Dr Patricia M Thornton,

Scholarships
There are currently no scholarships offered by the Center for Public Policy.

Center for Public Policy
Address: Najezdu 4 101 00, Praha 10 Czech Republic
Postal code: 101 00
City: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
Website: http://http://europe.praguesummerschools.org/
E-mail: cpvp@cpvp.cz
Phone: +420 739 569 045