China

Dynamics in the Chinese financial markets has attracted much international attention. This course provides an understanding of how the Chinese financial markets originated and developed, what reforms have been done, the Chinese characteristics, and the challenges and difficulties in future reforms. Starting with a comprehensive introduction, the course covers the major financial markets in China, including the central bank and the banking system, the security market and the foreign exchange market. The topics discussed for each market include the fundamental concepts and theories; the history and facts in China; a comparison of the domestic and international systems; examples and cases; and future reforms. 

1. Introduction of the course

i. The Chinese character Tai Chi is based on Taiji, according to the rise, fall, opening and closing of human body hardware, the fluctuation of software breath and the retraction of consciousness, with Yin and Yang transformation as the general principles. To achieve the dynamic balance of body, heart, spirit and wisdom, and achieve the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, consciousness six normalization harmonious state. Chinese character Tai Chi combines culture, self-cultivation, music and innovation. It is a traditional sport with cultural, philosophical and artistic characteristics. This course consists of teaching by word and example. Teaching by words: read classics 25 minutes before each class. Textbooks: classics, such as The Great Learning, Tao Te Ching, Diamond Sutra, and Heart Sutra. After reading, students discuss 5 minutes for each chapter. Students should combine their study and life in the process of discussion. Teachers ask questions for 5 minutes, and the whole students discuss them together. Teaching by examples: The teacher teaches the structure of the body, and the teacher kneads skeleton for each student. Teaching the basic movements of Chinese character Tai Chi (hand, eye, body, method, step, basic stroke, simple Chinese character, basic strokes of Chinese characters and coordination of hand, eye, body, method and step). Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, the students can understand the relationship between the words and examples, understand the traditional sports, and combine the students' morality, intelligence, body and beauty, so as to achieve the purpose of cultivation. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, the students can set up a correct outlook on life and values and grasp the state of their own life, enable students to realize that "without desire to observe things to small to micro, with desire to observe their laws and purposes" and its application in life. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, it can improve the flexibility, coordination and suppleness of the students' body, and achieve the purpose of improving health, stimulating vitality and pleasing the body and mind. Through the study of Chinese character Tai Chi and the course of health care, students can write different Chinese characters and practice different routines every day according to their own emotional changes. So that everyone can combine their own physiological conditions and characteristics to find their own form of movement. 

ii. Safety Precautions 

a) Wear loose clothing (e.g., traditional health clothes or sportswear) 

b) Students are required to pay attention to their physical safety, such as chest tightness, panic, headache and other physiological conditions. The teacher arranges it according to the situation 

2. Curriculum Task 

i. Cultivate students' sense of lifelong physical education, grasp the concept of traditional national sports and culture system of Chinese characters 

ii. Practice and grasp accurately and effectively. 

iii. Improve self-cultivation and improve personal personality

The course aims at introducing the culture system of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), including the basic theory (yin-yang and five elements, viscera and their manifestations), basic skills (tongue and face diagnose), basic practice (diet therapy, moxibustion, scraping, cupping, TCM aromatherapy) and qigong(Baduanjin ). This course will provide you with an in-depth exploration of traditional Chinese medicine culture and learn how to use TCM knowledge in your daily life. You will learn about the correspondence between food and internal organs and how to apply this knowledge to improve your diet. Furthermore, you will delve into the concepts of Chinese medicine meridians and acupuncture points, master the art of brewing traditional Chinese herb teas and creating scented bags, and experience the renowned Chinese medicine fitness practice of the Baduanjin .

The course introduces the fundamental system and main principles, particularly the legal systems and the practice related to inbound investment and outbound investment of China after the Reform and Opening Up in 1978, as well as the interactions among foreign investment laws, other domestic laws, and international investment agreements. Topics: history and source of underlying international investment law, the primary substantive principles and standards which serve to protect investors and investments under international investment agreements, such as most-favored-nation treatment, national treatment, fair and equitable treatment, expropriation and nationalization, investment insurance and dispute settlement as well as wider issues relating to the criticisms of the investment treaty arbitration system. 

This course is to introduce Chinese and international students to the general knowledge of renewable energy (RE), including global energy needs; RE sources and potential; processes for RE generation, usage, storage and transportation; local applicability; and current frontiers of developments, to then guide students to more specialized areas of technical, environmental or policy-based aspects, with special focus on system integration and sustainable development. The general knowledge includes basic concepts in energy and energy systems, types of energy and their supply and demand, and major categories of RE sources and potential. The course will then move on to bioenergy, introducing various categories such as energy crops, agricultural and industrial waste, municipal waste, and algae as RE feedstock, and outline the related thermal, physical, chemical and biological processes. The material will then be examined through integrated lenses such as i) process optimization, ii) integration into existing energy and economy network, and iii) balanced sustainable development objectives.

This course introduces some of the key themes and concepts common to ancient Chinese philosophy and Greek philosophy, such as nature, wisdom, and knowledge, have often been discussed and studied in their own terms. We wish to bring the two traditions of thought together and see what happens when one meets her doppelganger.

We examine and compare some important themes and concepts common to both ancient Chinese philosophy and Greek philosophy. We will discuss in turn “saint and sage”, “knowing and ignorance”, “nature”, and “change”. Each week’s class consists of two lecture sessions (one Chinese and one Greek) and a subsequent discussion session.

The course aims to introduce Chinese traditional culture to students through Chinese Kungfu training experience, improve their blood circulation and physical fitness, have basic self-defense method, and have experience of Jing ( Spirit ), Qi ( Air ), Shen ( Concentration of Mind ) in Chinese Kungfu.

Chinese Kungfu, (also known as Wushu or martial arts) is one of the most well-known physical arts of traditional Chinese culture which is also probably one of the earliest and longest-lasting sports using both brawn and brain. Based upon classical Chinese philosophy, Kungfu has developed as a unique combination of exercise, practical self-defense, self-discipline and art over its long history. It could be divided into two types: "external Kungfu" and "internal Kungfu". In external Kungfu, you exercise your tendons, bones, and skin. In internal kungfu, you train your spirit, Qi, and mind.

This course discusses why some countries are rich but others are poor from the perspective of institutional economics. It follows Douglass North and asks why, under certain institutions, the private return of economic activities is lower than the social return. This question is addressed by studying recent development economics literature with a focus on property rights, contract institutions, taxation, and corruption. In addition, it introduces a variety of methodological approaches to address a number of empirical questions, such as what is the value of political connection in Indonesia, does third-party reporting reduces pollution in India, and why some countries have more complicated government hierarchy whereas others do not. The course builds critical-thinking skill through reading the most recent empirical development economics literature and participating in class discussion. 

This course will provide a high-level introduction to Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism by focusing on the doctrines of four pivotal philosophers in that era, namely, the Cheng brothers (Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi), Zhu Xi, and Wang Yangming. Apart from discourses on their theories of metaphysics, moral cultivation, and human nature, their viewpoints will also be constantly put into comparative perspective in order to further examine the uniqueness of their philosophical reasoning.