Summary

Hong Kong and Taiwan have experienced significant social changes in the last decades. This course aims to provide students a broad knowledge foundation to understand the two East Asian societies from their historical origins to current situations in multiple dimensions.

Content

Keywords

Hong Kong

Taiwan

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of major developments of Hong Kong and Taiwan in historical, social, economic and cultural dimensions
• Analyze the current social situations of Hong Kong and Taiwan and their causes and significances

Transversal skills

• Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
• Give feedback (critique) in an appropriate fashion.
• Make an oral presentation.
• Summarize an article or a technical report.
• Plan and carry out activities in a way which makes optimal use of available time and other resources.
• Access and evaluate appropriate sources of information.

Teaching methods

Lecture, class discussion, group work

Expected student activities

Pre-class readings, class participation, group debates

Assessment methods

1. An in-class quiz (multiple-choice questions) (40%)

2. An individual essay on a topic related to Hong Kong or Taiwan (60%)

Supervision

Resources

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

No

Bibliography

• Carroll, J. M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong. US: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
• Cheung, G.K. (2009). Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Fell, D. (2018). Government and Politics in Taiwan. Second Edition. London: Routledge.
• Ho, M. S. (2019). Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
• Mathews, G. (2011). Ghetto at the Centre of the World: Chungking Mansions. Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Rigger, S. (2011). Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
• Roy, D. (2003). Taiwan: A Political History. Ithaca: Cornell University Press
• Schubert, G. (2016). Routledge Handbook of Comtemporary Taiwan. Abingdon, Oxon & New York, Routledge.

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Carroll, J. M. (2007). A Concise History of Hong Kong
• Cheung, G.K. (2009). Hong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots
• Fell, D. (2018). Government and Politics in Taiwan
• Ho, M. S. (2019). Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan's Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement
• Mathews, G. (2011). Ghetto at the Centre of the World: Chungking Mansions. Hong Kong
• Rigger, S. (2011). Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global Powerhouse
• Roy, D. (2003). Taiwan: A Political History
• Schubert, G. (2016). Routledge Handbook of Comtemporary Taiwan