Day+12


 * __ Reflection __**
 * How to understand China’s political, cultural and economic history from late 19th century through 2012?
 * How to understand why, from the Chinese perspective, their history from the 1840s through the 1940s is a century of humiliation?
 * How to understand how Chinese people reject, devalue, and re-appreciate their own culture during their transition from an agricultural society to a modern China over 150 years?
 * How to understand the differences between China’s Nationalist and Communist Revolutions?
 * How to understand how the international situation and Mao’s ideology affected his domestic policies?
 * How to understand Mao’s image as both a Satan and a God-like deity in the mindset of the Chinese people?
 * How to understand the difficulties and challenges of Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform?
 * How to understand the achievements and legacy of Deng Xiaoping?
 * How to understanding different policies of Deng Xiaoping’s successors of Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao?
 * How to understand China’s current challenges?
 * How will China’s rise impact the world, particularly, the United States?