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Crawford School of Public Policy · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
On-campus & remote (online) learning available. Students participate in interactive, real-time classes. 2026 dates: Nov 24, Dec 1 & 10. China's rise in the 21st century has created both tremendous opportunities and terrific challenges for the outside world. This course prepares current and future public sector professionals to engage with counterparts in China, even as geopolitical and geoeconomic rivalries create new challenges for bilateral and multilateral relationships. The course familiarizes participants with key features of China’s political and policymaking architecture, including its political system, decision-making processes, and policy tools. The course also explores how other countries have sought to engage China in the past and considers how successful these efforts have been. Lastly, the course empowers participants to develop policies for interacting with China in the years to come.
Day 1 Presentation
Learning outcomes 1
Engagement Debate Paper (500 words)
Learning outcomes 2
Take Home Exam
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
The standard workload for a 3 unit course is 65 hours including class time and independent study. Other Information Penalties for exceeding the word limit on assessment tasks will be applied in keeping with the corresponding CAP guidelines.
There are no prescribed texts for this course. Preliminary Reading Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung, "Has Xi Jinping made China’s political system more resilient and enduring?," Third World Quarterly, 43:1 (2022), pp. 225-243. Barry Naughton, The Rise of China's Industrial Policy, 1978-2020 (Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónomica de México, 2021). Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire, and Kellee S. Tsai, "China's Party-State Capitalism and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Insecurity," International Security 47:2 (2022), pp. 135–176.