Housekeeping…
Housekeeping…. SAC is week 4, 10 th August ESSAY style response, you will be getting some practice essays tomorrow!!! FOCUS is on how PRC achieves their national interest. Creation of a Socialist Harmonious Society. National Interest No. 4.
Housekeeping…
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Housekeeping… • SAC is week 4, 10th August • ESSAY style response, you will be getting some practice essays tomorrow!!! • FOCUS is on how PRC achieves their national interest.
National Interest No. 4 • China aims to build a ‘harmonious society’ by 2020. • What does this mean? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsHpZdOhXiA
Problems in China • Inadequate social security and welfare system • Government seizure of land • Inflation • Environmental pollution • Separatist claims in Tibet, Xinjiang and Taiwan • Under and unemployment • Unequal development between coastal and interior • Corruption
All these things are blocks to the creation of the ‘harmonious’ society. • How does China fix this?
Articles • NY Times article – ‘Letter from China: A harmonious society hearing different notes’ • Washington Post article – ‘China’s Party Leadership Declares New Priority: Harmonious Society’
Tasks • Summarise the article • What definitions or meanings are associated with the term ‘harmonious society’? • How has China been trying to achieve this goal so far? • In your opinion, have they been successful? Why or why not?
Homework – due Thursday • Answer the questions on page 160.