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In addition to the final term paper and midterm exam, this course requires eight response papers to readings, which are due Monday of the week of class (printed or by email).

LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction: Personal and Collective Experiences in Modern China
2Qing China, 1644-1911
3Decline of the Qing; Rise of Nationalism
4The Republic of China, 1911-1949
5Origins and Development of the Chinese Communist Party
6The People's Republic: From Great Leap Forward to Cultural Revolution
7Midterm Exam
8From the Cultural Revolution to the Reform Period
9Tiananmen and AfterViewing: Tiananmen: The Gate and the Square Web site.

Viewing of film: The Gate of Heavenly Peace in class.
10Family Problems in Village Taiwan
11Women's Issues in the PRC in the 1980s
12Communist Cadres in the Reform PeriodFinal paper due
13Current Issues: Environment, the Development of the West, and Foreigners

 








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