This is an advanced Chinese language course focused on topics related to China, such as Chinese cultural tradition, Chinese writings, Chinese society, and literary Chinese. The course develops students' understanding of different genres of Chinese writing as well as developing advanced writing, listening and speaking skills. The course may be repeated up to two times under different subtitles.

This course builds on the material covered in CHI 302 and will over a wide range of materials, including dialogues and newspaper articles. It will facilitate oral and written practices, allow students to communicate in real-life situations, and read and write Chinese texts with minimal aid of pinyin.