The Fall and Rise of China
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Course Description
Overview
Get multilevel insights into one of the most astounding real-life dramas in modern history. Review China’s social, political, and economical rebirth, led by a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and expert.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Splendor That Was China, 600-1700
- 02: Malthus and Manchu Hubris, 1730-1800
- 03: Barbarians at the Gate, 1800-1860
- 04: Rural Misery and Rebellion, 1842-1860
- 05: The Self-Strengthening Movement, 1860-1890
- 06: Hundred Days of Reform and the Boxer Uprising
- 07: The End of Empire, 1900-1911
- 08: The Failed Republic, 1912-1919
- 09: The Birth of Chinese Communism, 1917-1925
- 10: Chiang, Mao, and Civil War, 1926-1934
- 11: The Republican Experiment, 1927-1937
- 12: Resist Japan! 1937-1945
- 13: Chiang's Last Stand, 1945-1949
- 14: The Chinese People Have Stood Up!
- 15: Korea, Taiwan, and the Cold War, 1950-1954
- 16: Socialist Transformation, 1953-1957
- 17: Cracks in the Monolith, 1957-1958
- 18: The Great Leap Forward, 1958-1960
- 19: Demise of the Great Leap Forward, 1959-1962
- 20: Never Forget Class Struggle! 1962-1965
- 21: Long Live Chairman Mao! 1964-1965
- 22: Mao's Last Revolution Begins, 1965-1966
- 23: The Children's Crusade, 1966-1967
- 24: The Storm Subsides, 1968-1969
- 25: The Sino-Soviet War of Nerves, 1964-1969
- 26: Nixon, Kissinger, and China, 1969-1972
- 27: Mao's Deterioration and Death, 1971-1976
- 28: The Legacy of Mao Zedong-An Appraisal
- 29: The Post-Mao Interregnum, 1976-1977
- 30: Hua Guofeng and the Four Modernizations
- 31: Deng Takes Command, 1978-1979
- 32: The Historic Third Plenum, 1978
- 33: The "Normalization" of U.S.-China Relations
- 34: Deng Consolidates His Power, 1979-1980
- 35: Socialist Democracy and the Rule of Law
- 36: Burying Mao, 1981-1983
- 37: To Get Rich Is Glorious, 1982-1986
- 38: The Fault Lines of Reform, 1984-1987
- 39: The Road to Tiananmen, 1987-1989
- 40: The Empire Strikes Back, 1989
- 41: After the Deluge, 1989-1992
- 42: The "Roaring Nineties," 1992-1999
- 43: The Rise of Chinese Nationalism, 1993-2001
- 44: China's Lost Territories-Taiwan, Hong Kong
- 45: China in the New Millennium, 2000-2008
- 46: China's Information Revolution
- 47: One World, One Dream-The 2008 Olympics
- 48: China's Rise-The Sleeping Giant Stirs
Taught by
Richard Baum
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