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     SEMINAR 8 – EXTRA READINGS AND HANDOUTS - “The Rise of China” - Global Studies Seminar A - 国際社会研究演習    The following links are for educational purposes only and do not necessarily reflect the personal opinions or political views of the website owner.

• "Bo Xilai scandal: Key players" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17752064

• "Bo Xilai scandal: Timeline” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17673505

• China since 1949 – Key People and Events http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/china_poli tics/key_people_events/html/1.stm

• "China military budget tops $100bn" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-17249476

• "China’s military rise - The dragon’s new teeth" http://www.economist.com/node/21552193

• "China's peaceful rise to great-power status" by Zheng Bijian http://asialink.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/424644/Zheng_Bijian_Chinas_Peaceful_Rise.pdf

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• "Death of a Briton Is Thrust to Center of China Scandal" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/world/asia/detained-party-official-facing-ouster-from-politburo.html?_r=0

• "Deng Xiaoping” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/china_politics/key_people_events/html/6.stm

• "How China is advancing its military reach" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16588557

• How China is Ruled (Inside China’s Ruling Party) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/asia_pac/02/china_ party_congress/china_ruling_party/how_china_is_ruled/h tml/defaulta.stm

• "How to get to the top of China's Communist Party" http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19876372

• "Making sense of the unrest from China's Xinjiang" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26414016

• "Mao Zedong” http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mao_zedong.shtml

• "On the Wang Lijun Incident: Who’s the Biggest Loser?" (the Bo Xilai scandal – ‘Human Rights in China’ http://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5883

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• "Probe over China fruit-seller 'beaten by enforcers'" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23340096

• "Profile: Bo Xilai" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-19709555

• "Q&A: South China Sea dispute" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13748349

• "Report raises fear of South China Sea war" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-24/south-china-sea- tensions/3970438

• "The Rise of China and Changes in the Balance of Power in East Asia" by Akihiko Tanaka

http://www.jfir.or.jp/e/special_study/seminar2/conver_3. htm

• "The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis - Taiwan Strait 21 July 1995 to 23 March 1996" http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/taiwan_strait.htm

• "Tibet profile http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16689779

• "Tibet profile - A chronology of key events" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-17046222

• "Viewpoint: The powerful factions among China's rulers"http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-20203937

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• "What did Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao do for China?" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-21669780

• "What do Chinese leaders do when they retire?" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-21783353

• "What does the future hold for China?" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-21666152

• "Xinjiang profile” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16860974

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