China

Through the teaching of this course, students can understand and master the process of replication, transcription and translation of genetic information molecules in living organisms, understand and master the characteristics and mechanisms of gene expression regulation, and understand genetic engineering and its application.

This course introduces basic corporate finance principles and applies an analytical framework to examine important financial decisions faced by financial managers. We analyze how well-crafted decisions can generate lasting values impact. Course topics include: net present value and capital budgeting; valuing bonds; valuing stocks; financing investment; company valuation; mergers and acquisitions; Initial public offerings; options and dynamic hedging; and corporate governance. 

This course is the first half of the course Modern Chinese, which introduces the basics of phonetics, phonology, lexicology, and syntax of modern Chinese. The first half of the course includes three sections: introduction, phonetics and phonology. The introduction section highlights the relationship between the Chinese language and Chinese characters, the history of Putonghua (standard Mandarin Chinese), Chinese dialect classification, and the standardization of the modern Chinese language. The phonetics section covers basic knowledge of acoustic and general phonetics. The phonology section provides an introduction to the phonology of Putonghua, and the relationship between Hanyu Pinyin Fang’an (the Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) and the Mandarin phonological system.

The Financial Technology (Fintech) course aims to explore the intersection of finance and technology, enhancing the efficiency and innovation capacity of financial services through the application of emerging technologies. The course covers the following key areas:

1. Overview of Financial Technology
2. Big Data Technology
3. Cloud Computing Technology
4. Blockchain Technology
5. Artificial Intelligence Technology
6. Practical Cases and Applications
7. Practical Skills Development

The course provides a study of modern international finance theories. Topics include foreign exchange rates, international monetary systems, balance of payments, macroeconomic policy in the open economy, and China's foreign exchange rate policies and balance of payments issues. College level algebra and simple calculus is used frequently during lectures. 

The aim of Intensive Chinese Reading is to improve the students' reading and writing skills by learning vocabulary and grammar.

Intermediate Class: For those who have vocabulary skill of more than 1200 Chinese words. The course aims to allow students to use Chinese in daily lives, studies and work.
 

This course will focus on the teaching of two types of Chinese folk dance: Xinjiang dance and long-sleeve dance, including their historical and cultural background as well as the basic moves. Students will practice the basic dance techniques and will learn an excerpt from a performance of each of these two types of dances and rehearse for the performance at the farewell party.

To provide the students with the basic knowledge of Chinese folk dance and to offer them an opportunity to practice the basic moves and present a performance.

Students learn pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar of modern Chinese systematically. It focuses on the training of students’ reading and writing skills in Chinese and consequently improves students’ communication ability. There are three levels for according to the textbooks and teaching pace. In level one, the students learn about 10000 new words and over 500 grammar items. After this course, the students’ language level should be equivalent to the HSK level 11. 

This course helps the students to acquire basic knowledge about bank and fintech business models and risks; understand the functioning of contemporary financial technologies and discuss their merits and flaws; evaluate the impact of digitalization and fintech firm entrants on the banking sector.

This course introduces banks and their business models and discusses how trends in financial technologies affect the banking sector. The course combines academic rigour and literature review with practical insights from case studies, e.g., based on financial statements and industry reports. 

First, we will discuss the role of banks in the financial system and why they exist. We briefly introduce the business model of banks and take a closer look at their balance sheets. We focus on the different aspects of how banks are managed and issues relating to banks’ asset and funding structure and then analyse the various risks they are exposed to, their measurement, and how banks manage these risks. 

Second, regarding FinTech and digital disruption in banking, we will develop a conceptual framework that guides us in thinking about innovation in banking and briefly introduce the financial technologies which enable respective innovation and disruption and the policies around them (e.g., Open Banking/PSD2). We then focus on analysing the business model of new fintech firm entrants competing with incumbent banks and how the use of financial technologies enhances banks’ business models. We will cover fintech lending as a complement or substitute to traditional bank lending. Finally, we peruse applications of distributed ledger technology in banking and financial markets, such as blockchains and smart contract based financial protocols, and discuss how they disrupt traditional financial intermediation processes.