Changing World Order (Part II) China & India

Bernie Frolic – China

Arthur Rubinoff - India

Mar 25:  China (geopolitical, historical & cultural issues)

China’s size, large population, Confucian heritage, relations with the outside world before 1949, Mao Zedong and the Communist Revolution, building socialism in China, the crisis of Chinese communism.

Apr 1:  India (geopolitical, historical & cultural issues)

British colonialism, population issues, food shortages, the caste system, the impact of modernization on traditional society, the stresses of ethnicity and diversity.

Apr 8:  China’s Economic Development Model

Export-led growth, rural and urban economies, doing business in China. migrant labour, one-child policy, youth, aging, social networks, foreigners in China, cultural and ethnic policies.

Apr 15: India’s Development Model

From Soviet-style planning, the license raj, a closed economy, and the Hindu rate-of-growth to liberalization.

Apr 29: Political Change in China

The Chinese political system, the Communist Party, civil society and human rights, the role of religion, the internet revolution, prospects for democracy.

May 6:  India’s Fragmented Political System

From one party dominance to the emergence of regional and caste-based politics; from the decline of the founding Congress party to the challenge of the communal-oriented Bharatiya Janata Party.

May 13: China/India: Two models of political and economic development.

China and India as regional and global powers;  Sino-Indian relations;   from nonalignment to virtual alignment; Canada’s relations with each country;  China and India in 2030

Bernie Frolic is Professor Emeritus, York University, Senior Researcher at the Munk Centre, University of Toronto and   Visiting Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.  He is an expert on China. 

Arthur Rubinoff is Professor of Political Science and South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.  He is a frequent commentator for the CBC and CTV and has written for the Financial Post, The Globe and Mail, India Abroad, and the Toronto Star.  He is an expert on India.