1. The Suzhou Experience
A Year in China

2. Why bother ? Study Abroad with an Edge
China’s Development and Student Careers
China exposure and understanding

3. Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and Suzhou

4. XJTLU Year in China Programme
Leading to a Diploma in China Studies
Open to students from any discipline at a university anywhere in the world
Taught in English
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is in Suzhou Industrial Park, one of the wealthiest and materially most advanced cities in China.
Suzhou is west of Shanghai by about 80 kms

6. Visiting Students Programme
4 modules each semester
All students must take a Chinese language module in Semester 1(all levels of instruction from beginners up available), optional in Semester 2
Students may with the permission of their home university take one module each semester in their home institution degree programme discipline
Remaining modules in different aspects of China Studies: business, communications, culture, economy, history, literature, media, international relations, society, politics. NB module titles which follow (slides 8 -18) are indicative only; modules on offer will change each year

8. Introductory China Studies Modules
Chinese History
Twentieth Century China
Introduction to Chinese Literature
China’s Politics
Chinese Society
Chinese Thinkers and Ideas
Doing Business in China
China’s International Relations

10. China Studies Modules: Business and Economics
Doing Business in China
Entrepreneurs and Enterprise Development
The Public Sector
Regional Development
International Trade

12. China Studies Modules: History and Literature
Chinese History 1027 bce-1927
Chinese Civilization: Thinkers and Ideas
Twentieth Century China
Introduction to Chinese Literature
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
Chinese Performance and Drama

14. China Studies Modules: Social Change
Chinese Society
China: Social Stratification and Equality
The Family in Chinese Society
Understanding China
West China

16. China Studies Modules: Politics
China’s Politics
International China
China in East Asia
China’s Social Policy
Local Government in China

18. China Studies Modules: Media and Communications
Introduction to Communications in China
Chinese Cinema
Chinese Linguistics
China and the Digital Revolution
Portrayal of China in the Western Media

20. Further Information Study Abroad Team
Josh Evans – Outbound Students Co-ordinator