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China Studies in English (9628)
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Free China Studies in English (9628) study notes for GCE A-Level - Higher 2 (H2) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
China's Economic Development and Its Sustainability
Features of China's economic development
Structural challenges: export dependence, SOEs and banking debt
Regional disparities, energy and environmental challenges
Economic restructuring: consumption, SOE and bank reform, technology and services
Developing poorer regions and promoting green development
Governing China and Its Challenges
Features of China's political system: party-state, legitimacy, central-local relations
Challenges of governance and governing capacity
Challenges of political participation
Approaches to governance and governing capacity
Managing political participation
Chinese Society and Its Transformation
Aspects of China's social change: demography, urbanisation, social structure
Demographic and social mobility challenges
Growing civil society and diverse social values and beliefs
Reform of social governance
Managing social order: ideology, religion and media
China's Foreign Policy and Its Implications
Factors shaping China's foreign policy: national interests and ideology
China-US relations
China-Japan relations
China's relations with ASEAN
China's role in global governance: economy, security, environment and climate
Case Study Skills (Paper 1)
Interpreting, explaining and analysing text and non-text sources
Comparing perspectives across sources
Assessing strengths and limitations of information as evidence
Synthesising and evaluating information to test a hypothesis
Evaluating issues and making well-supported recommendations
Essay Skills and Key Concepts
Building a balanced, substantiated argument and reaching a judgement
Connecting the dimensions across Key Issues
Economy concepts: development, growth, sustainability, liberalisation
Politics concepts: political stability, governance, political legitimacy, ideology
Society concepts: social change, social stability, social governance, civil society
International relations concepts: sovereignty, security, conflict, cooperation
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