# Contemporary China: Economics, Politics, Society (with Chinese language tuition)

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58.04.01 
*In English and Russian*

Level of education Master

Type of instruction Full-time

Duration 2 years

Programme description

- The master's programme ‘Contemporary China: Economics, Politics, Society (with Chinese Language Tuition)’ is aimed at: deepening the student's Orientalist historical and cultural training; and providing them with up-to-date knowledge of contemporary social and humanitarian disciplines in order to develop a holistic understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of contemporary Chinese society
- The programme is designed for students interested in contemporary political, economic and socio-cultural processes in Chinese society. It offers a range of unique specialised courses that provide a comprehensive understanding of current trends in the development of present-day China. The programme also offers opportunities for freemover (visiting) student programmes at a partner university in China

Main courses

- Methodology of Studying Contemporary China
- Foreign Policy of China
- Political Development of Contemporary China
- Chinese
- Concepts of Modern Asian and African Studies
- Theory, History and Methodology of Political Science
- Information Resources and Databases in Chinese Studies
- Modern Concepts of China’s Contemporary History and Historiography
- Russia–China Relations

##### **Elective courses:**

- China and Europe: Issues in Economic, Political and Socio-Cultural Interaction/Legislation and Legal Development of Contemporary China
- Specifics of the Development of Chinese Community in Present-Day World/Economic Development of Modern China
- Issues in Social Development in Modern China / Economic Growth and Economic Policies in East and Southeast Asia
- China in the International Legal System / Cultural Heritage and Public Life of East and Southeast Asia
- Foreign Economic Policy of China / Chinese Culture at the Turn of the 21st Century

Our advantages

- The programme is focused on training specialists who have professional skills, including cultural and linguistic ones. Graduates are ready to carry out research, academic, educational, expert, analytical, translation, practical and organisational activities in linguistic, social, political, and economic spheres of contemporary China
- Students receive fundamental language training
- There is an opportunity to do internships abroad within interstate and inter-university exchange programmes
- Students can spend one semester in China at a partner university, gaining insight into the theoretical and practical research of Chinese scholars and attending lecture courses on modern China delivered by leading Chinese professors
- Students acquire competitive knowledge and skills that are much-in-demand in the modern labour market

Teaching staff

- Evgenii Osmanov, Candidate of History, Associate Professor in the Department of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries
- Aleksandra Donskaia, Candidate of History, Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Far East Countries
- Elena Starovoitova, Candidate of History, Associate Professor in the Department of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries
- Nikolai Samoilov, Doctor of History, Professor in the Department of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries; expert in the history of China and China-Russia relations

Main areas of research

- Economics, political development, history, culture, religion, population, language of China
- The sphere of interaction with China
- Russian, regional and international organisations interacting with China

Career opportunities

The graduates can work at:

- The Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- The Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- The National Library of Russia
- The Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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