Please use below sources for answering discussion post questions:
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/media-censorship-china
https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/china/
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-03/24/c_139832301.htm
Debating China : The U.
S. -China Relationship in Ten Conversations—Chapter 3 and 4
CNBC’s report: “The Big, Messy
Business of Content Moderation on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube”
Michael Anti (a.k.a. Zhao Jing)’s Ted Talk “Behind the Great Firewall of
China”:
New York Times Video “How China Is
Changing Your Internet”:
Gary Liu’s Ted Talk “The Rapid Growth
of the Chinese Internet – and Where It’s Headed”:
1.
What’s the main message in Mr. Eric Li’s Ted Talk “A Tale
of Two Political Systems”? Do you find his point compelling and why (or
why not)? Reflecting on Eric Li’s Ted Talk, the key differences between
the two political systems identified in the readings and mini-lectures, along
with the recent development in both political systems in the past few years
(e.g., further political polarization, along with the rise of populist
nationalism, in the US and the further centralization of power under Xi Jinping
in China), please identify three ways in which domestic political values,
ideologies, and institutions in both countries have influenced U.S.-China
relations.
2.
Human rights have been a critical issue in US-China relations.
In recent years, both countries have issued human rights reports of the other
(see details in Human Rights).
Should countries with different values and cultural traditions be held
accountable to universal standards for upholding and protecting human rights,
and why? To what extent do you think the politicization of human rights
contributes or hinders US-China relations?
3.
Reflecting on the readings and videos (along with your own
experience outside this course), how is the cyberspace governed in the US and
China and what are their respective rationales of cybergovernance? How do these
influence the bilateral relations?
4.
Ask a discussion question of your own that is intended to help us
better understand the readings and videos for this week.
