Preparation for the first meeting

As a preparation for our first meeting on January 23rd, please read

1) "The Upper Han: Who is Chinese?" The Economist - Briefing, 19. Nov. 2016; http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21710264-worlds-rising-superpower-has-particular-vision-ethnicity-and-nationhood-has.

2) Harry Harding. 1993. "The Concept of 'Greater China': Themes, Variations and Reservations." The China Quarterly 136, 660-686. Available via JStor: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/655587.pdf.