Over the past forty years, China has become a country of first-rank economic, political, and military importance. But while much of the focus on “China’s rise” has focused on its security and economic dimensions, China’s role in fundamentally global environmental, scientific, and technological issues are increasingly animating politics both within China and outside its borders. This course will examine the “China dimension” of key global scientific, technological, and environmental issues and trends. Its focus will be global rather than China-specific, and will explore the political implications and dynamics of China’s growing role in fundamentally global issue areas and sectors. It will moreover focus not on traditional fields like trade and security, but instead on newer and emerging ones like climate change and artificial intelligence. In terms of literature and concepts, the seminar will broadly cover material from three subfields that fall under the American Political Science Association Section 15: science and technology studies, innovation studies, and environmental politics.