SOCIOL 181ASociology of Global China
Sociology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Analyses of how domestic developments create impetus for China’s global expansion, and assessment of global China’s variegated and uneven consequences. Concrete case studies include Belt and Road Initiative, soft power and cultural diplomacy, internal colonization of Hong Kong and Xinjiang, China in Africa, U.S.-China trade war, and New Cold War.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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