How China is changing the world by Wei Liang https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i course wrap-up-5/18/2022 en-us 2022-05-17 16:01:48 UTC 2022-05-17 18:00:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f937-2640.png wliang8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187932606 What was new, different and exciting about the content? 
Did you teach well? 
Did students learn what you set out for them to learn? ]]> 2022-05-17 16:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187932606 wliang8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187948383 -M2
-topics covered, cases, past-present-future, global context and comparative
-flip classroom, discussion-based
-Give everyone voice, choice about readings and assignments and ownership for the course]]> 2022-05-17 16:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187948383 wliang8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187972335 -learning by teaching 
-think, grouping and share
-sharpening communication skills ( discussion leaders, debate, poster presentation)
--a variety of writing formats (op-ed, critical review, debate integration, final group project)]]> 2022-05-17 16:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187972335 i.e.: readings, assignments, activities, projects, things you like or dislike..... wliang8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187979150 2022-05-17 16:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2187979150 China is in this for the long game... aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188011942 It's important to understand the role of culture in policy to better understand why China does what it does. Also, how China is in this political power for the long game and slowly and steadily gaining influence and power on the global front.]]> 2022-05-17 17:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188011942 No collaboration with Midd. agamble10 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188012841 2022-05-17 17:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188012841 ^ seirk https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188013764 2022-05-17 17:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188013764 Having a much more holistic international and domestic understanding of China as it rises to power. This course has rounded much of the understanding for why China is China and how it views the world. seirk https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188017305 2022-05-17 17:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188017305 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188033504 China is an important key player in global political relations, social issues, and environmental impacts. The way China's policies and politics develop affects the whole world.]]> 2022-05-17 17:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188033504 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188041489 I began knowing very little about China, and now understand its relationships with and impacts on many regions of the world, like Africa and Latin America. One of my goals was to learn more about China's environmental impacts and policies and I was able to explore this topic in multiple projects. One of my other goals was to learn something entirely new which I was able to do with our discussion leader topic. So in the end, I feel like I have learned something new as well as expanded my knowledge both regionally and topically in the field I mainly study.]]> 2022-05-17 17:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188041489 From nothing to so much! aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188044130 I started this course knowing nothing to very little about China. It was fascinating to learn the history of China, how that history has helped shape China what it is today, and the influences of Confucius in policy and life. I know feel like I know more about the reasoning behind China's policy decisions such as the BRI and stance towards Taiwan. In the future, I now know to look at China in a different light and see how it is playing the global power game.]]> 2022-05-17 17:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188044130 Relationship Status: It's complicated https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188044748 2022-05-17 17:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188044748 wmetho https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188048132 I am grateful to have learned about Chinese history through the rise of the BRI. China has been very strategic in the way they have applied its resources through famine and now they are poised to become the world superpower]]> 2022-05-17 17:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188048132 I now have such an appreciation for domestic Chinese policy. But still complicated^ seirk https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188049253 2022-05-17 17:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188049253 Less Readings - More Assignments iharrowe https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188051016 2022-05-17 17:33:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188051016 Idk if this is possible... aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188051069 It would be nice to visit China. Yet I know this is something that would have to be in the future.....waaay out in the future because ya know, Covid and such ]]> 2022-05-17 17:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188051069 Debt Trap Diplomacyyyy...... wmetho https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188055240 2022-05-17 17:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188055240 International is a Matter of Perspective https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188057318 by which I mean, the connections between domestic (poverty, local govt), "domestic" (Taiwan, HK, surveillance) and international issues (trade, global governance) really stood out to me in this course and I appreciated seeing the way they influenced one another and overlapped]]> 2022-05-17 17:37:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188057318 I learned so many new aspects of China's history and structure imorse3 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058141 2022-05-17 17:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058141 China shouldn't be underestimated, and there needs to be a foreign policy to better communicate with China. https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058248 2022-05-17 17:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058248 Match up the college class time to align with MIIS time imorse3 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058882 2022-05-17 17:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188058882 Maybe the collaboration with Midd aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188059240 are just small assignments / discussion facilitation and not an end of year project? The timing was just hard to collaborate with]]> 2022-05-17 17:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188059240 A roller coaster agamble10 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188060255 Began: frustrated because it felt like an undergraduate history class
Evolved: extremely interesting and engaging
Ended: frustrated again because group projects]]> 2022-05-17 17:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188060255 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188060401 I enjoyed the wide range of assignments/readings/topics; it was a good opportunity to shift gears from the usual focus on long papers and academic journal articles.]]> 2022-05-17 17:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188060401 Liked the collaboration with Middlebury in terms of the domestic/international perspective on China, and Middlebury students were bright and fun to work with, though (1) the first half hour of class without them seemed like not the best use of time, and (2) the final poster with them would have been enough for a collaborative deliverable. https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188061143 2022-05-17 17:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188061143 wmetho https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188063043 Chinese role in the evolving international financial market]]> 2022-05-17 17:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188063043 The CCP and the special role of Xi Jinping https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188063810 It was interesting to see how the CCP has consolidated power for decades, functioning like a rigid bureaucracy, and yet how Xi Jinping is changig the power structures, adding his own note to leadership style and the future of the country ]]> 2022-05-17 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188063810 Better Scheduling https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188065292 -would have appreciated a better alignment with the Midd students' schedule (start/end class at same time)
-topic intro lecture on Tues, discussion on Thurs would have flowed better in my opinion
-I had a good collaboration experience with Midd, but my group also struggled with scheduling meetings across time zones/schedules; maybe if we had a longer collaboration window?]]> 2022-05-17 17:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188065292 Chinese surveillance state and its nuances; the social credit system is often misunderstood in the Western world https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188067678 2022-05-17 17:44:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188067678 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188069531 The paradox of significant domestic challenges and enormous global ambitions]]> 2022-05-17 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188069531 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188071641 -to start with, I was a little :/ about the hyper-current events focus, kind of dubious about how much we could get meaningful analysis out of it
-really pleased with it in practice though! 
-I feel really prepared to work on China-related issues (esp from a US/west perspective) post-graduation]]> 2022-05-17 17:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188071641 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188073485 2022-05-17 17:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188073485 Always motivated but not always able to keep up with the reading assignments https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188079660 Still: great discussion sessions; super interesting presentations and I always learned something out of every session]]> 2022-05-17 17:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188079660 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188080430 I liked the pick-and-choose nature of the course, there were topics I found more interesting and related to my own research interests, and I had the opportunity to go deeper in them. And then there were topics that felt totally new that I never would have sought out on my own, and I got to learn about them. I liked the socio-historical framing of the whole class at the beginning, I thought that was a really important foundation for the class. And I liked the questions we got to choose from for the final project. ]]> 2022-05-17 17:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188080430 Strategy, strategy, strategy! aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188081016 Every move is done for a reason....]]> 2022-05-17 17:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188081016 Too many sub-assignments maybe https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188082974 - having three different deliverables for the final project is a lot ]]> 2022-05-17 17:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188082974 naomil7 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188083469 Something that has stuck with me is how the west has tried to put economic pressure on China, which I vaguely knew about, but I didn't know about how successfully China has been able to develop other partnerships and supply chains to be even more successful. I also knew next to nothing about the BRI projects in developing nations and how their economic relations with China grow stronger while the west withholds investment and aid as political pressure on illiberal regimes]]> 2022-05-17 17:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188083469 Debates agamble10 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188084103 If you're going to do a debate again, each debate needs at least an hour to make it worth while. The extreme brevity of the debates made them very surface level ]]> 2022-05-17 17:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188084103 Reading material and Discussion questions sometimes didn't match perfectly https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188090092 2022-05-17 17:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188090092 Mixed Discussion section aikog https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188090536 It would be nice to have the discussion section be mixed with Midd students. I know scheduling would be hard but it would be nice to have all of thursday time with the Midd students instead of that hour lag]]> 2022-05-17 17:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188090536 ckerns8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188094379 I appreciate all of the work that went into the design of this course. I liked the discussion sections with class leaders. However, the class leaders probably did not need to do all of the readings AND write a summary of all the readings AND prepare a presentation. 

]]> 2022-05-17 18:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188094379 Final deliverable ckerns8 https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188095900 The final video is repetitive of the presentation. In my opinion, we do not need to do the video as we already have our recorded presentation. ]]> 2022-05-17 18:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wliang8/co82xy0rkik8311i/wish/2188095900