China is occupied by a quarter of all the people in the world.
It has the longest continuous culture surviving from ancient times. And as a state China will be of enormous influence in the politics and economics of the twenty-first century. The course will give you a sound grounding in modern and classical Chinese and will introduce you to many aspects of Chinese society. It is possible to take Tibetan, Japanese or Korean as options in the degree. A wide choice of options covering literature, history, anthropology, politics, and art.