AIST 3350 - Contemporary Chinese Popular Culture

5 credit hours
Formerly - AIST 335

This course focuses on contemporary Chinese pop culture of which 500 million strong Chinese youth and the burgeoning middle class are not only its consumers but also the driving force to determine the currently second largest economy’s approach to the world. By looking at the multi-facets of this powerful group through the pop and consumer culture, students are offered a refreshing departure from the unilateral perspective of China’s rise as a competition in order to discover new opportunities to engage China in shaping a safer and more prosperous world.