Learning objectives

The course, entitled "Today's China: finance and contingencies" has been designed specifically for biennial students specializing in finance. Its main objective is to familiarize them with the identity of the People’s Republic of China and some aspects of its financial system. A parallel objective is to enable students to become faster and more competent readers of the kind of economic material they are likely to meet in their course of studies, particularly at 2ⁿᵈ degree levels, in later research and/or the work environment


Contents

The course is constructed on a series of articles taken from major British newspapers, specialized journals and websites, pinpointing key features of China’s shift from the command economy introduced by Mao Tse-tung to hybrid form of party-controlled capitalism that is making it rival the United States for the position of world leader, both politically and financially. The final lessons deal with China’s pace-setting development of fintech.