About+the+Course

CAPS 321 Syllabus Spring 2015
 * Modern China: A Documentary Film Approach**


 * Instructor: ** Wanli Hu, PhD, the China Program Center, College of Advancing and Professional Studies, UMass Boston
 * Office: ** TBD, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China
 * Email: ** wanli.hu@umb.edu
 * Day/Time: ** Monday - Friday afternoon (3 hours)
 * Contact Hours ** : 39 hours


 * Course Description: **

China’s modern history from late 18th century to present is full of dramatic changes. The Chinese experienced a series of huge historical events: a golden age under the rule of Manchus, unprecedented challenges from the West, collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the establishment of the Republic of China through Sun Yet-sen’s revolution, a nation-wide chaos from competition from different warlords, Japan’s invasion, the #|civil war between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek and the victory of Chinese Communism, the #|Cold War, Mao’s Cultural Revolution and Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform. Amazingly, China has become an economic giant from a “Sick man in East Asia” even though it experienced so many #|ups and downs in the past 175 years. This course will make use of documentary films to help you understand modern Chinese history and find out historical and cultural “secrets” behind the successful development of China. Moreover, China is facing a new challenge in the 21st century. Whether China could move forward from these new challenges with its tradition, wisdom and vision is another critical issue. This is an open-ended course, which will offer you a historical review of China’s transition from an agrarian society to a modern state, and suggest a future vision of its possible direction in the future.


 * Learning Objectives: **

**Enduring question:** What factors lead to the social transformation from an imperial agrarian society into a modern state?

By fully participating in this course, you should be able to:


 * 1) understand China’s political, cultural and economic history from late 19th century through 2015.
 * 2) understand why, from the Chinese perspective, their history from the 1840s through the 1940s is a century of humiliation.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4) understand the differences between China’s Nationalist and Communist Revolutions, which allowed Mao’s peasant army to defeat Chiang’s modern #|military armed with American weapons.
 * 5)  understand how the international situation and Mao’s ideology affected his domestic policies.
 * 6) understand Mao’s image as both a Satan and a God-like deity in the mindset of the Chinese people.
 * 7) understand the difficulties and challenges of Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform.
 * 8) understand the achievements and legacy of Deng Xiaoping.
 * 9) understand different policies of Deng Xiaoping’s successors of Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
 * 10) understand Xi Jinping's Chinese Dream and his approaches to reach him goals.
 * 11) understand how China’s rise impacts the world, particularly, the United States.
 * 12) #|learn Chinese history through multi media perspective.
 * 13) #|learn Chinese historical and cultural legacy that lead to the success of China' economic reform.
 * 14) understand American culture better from comparison with Chinese culture.


 * Course Organization: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lectures/seminars to learn #|historical background
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Viewing selected portions of documentary films and reading textbooks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">#|Presentation to share your learning outcomes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">#|Class attendance and participation
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essay


 * Classroom Etiquette: ** Arrive on time. Turn off cell phones. Food and beverages are not permitted in the classroom. Come prepared to learn and facilitate the learning of others. Complete all #|assigned readings prior to class. Be prepared to engage in whole-class discussions regarding the readings and related issues. Listen actively to others and offer concise comments that pertain to the learning objectives of the class.


 * Assignment: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Attendance 10%.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Class participation including watching documentary movies at the wikispaces website and complete all the required reading.10%
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Presentation 30%. In your presentation, you can select any topic which is related to the theme of this course. It will reflect your deep understanding of the topic, and also help other participants to understand your point from different perspectives.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Final project: an essay 10 pages: 50% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. **//The written assignment is formal academic assignment.//** **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This essay with a title you choose will show your understanding of Modern China from this course, reading, documentary movies, and your research. //****//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You should type all papers double-spaced and provide a title that reflects the topic and a cover page with your name, course number, and due date //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Academic Honesty:**
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At the insistence of the Provost I must include a statement about academic honesty, cheating, and plagiarism. Here is the web site. http://www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/policies/code/ I will tell you now that the minimum penalty for academic dishonesty in this class is an automatic “F,” not simply for the assignment but for the course. Students should be aware that, at the discretion of the instructor, assignments may be submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism. Students in this course must be prepared to submit an electronic version of any written assignment upon request of the instructor.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Participation includes completing all required reading and writing assignments prior to class, thoughtfully participating in discussions, and taking responsibility for helping create a positive learning situation by arriving promptly, listening respectfully, and participating constructively.”
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Policies: **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Participation
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Attendance - One absence loses 10% of your attendance points, twice 30% and over three times 50%
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Late Work – You lose 10% of your final project points if you submit your essay after the deadline.


 * Documentary Films: **
 * ==== [|China in the World in the 19th Century], CNN Millennium (8 minutes) ====
 * [|British Imperialism in the 19th Century China], Discovery (6 minutes)
 * 圆明园 [|Yuanmingyuan] part I, CCTV
 * [|Yuanmingyuan] part II, CCTV
 * [|Yuanmingyuan]
 * [|Yuangmingyuan]
 * [|Yuanmingyuan]
 * [|Yuanmingyuan]
 * China's Century of Humiliation, Mitch Anderson
 * China, A Century of Revolution, Will Lyman(6 parts from 1911-2012), Will Lyman
 * China’s Capitalist Revolution, BBC
 * The Gate of Heavenly Peace (180 minutes), Richard Gordon, and [|Carma Hinton]
 * [|A Post-American World: The Rise of China, CBS Sunday Morning] (50 minutes)
 * Next Superpower: China, Discovery (70 minutes)
 * To Live,Yimo Zhang (a fiction movie)
 * The River Elegy, CCTV(59 minutes)
 * China’s Rising Superpower, NBC (4.28 minutes)
 * [|习近平 Xi Jinping]

=<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. Required Textbook: Hsu, Immanuel C.Y., (the sixth edition) 1999, //The Rise of Modern China//**__,__ London, Oxford University Press,** ISBN-978-0-19-512504-7 =

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. NacFarquhar, Roderick, edited, (the third edition), 2011, //The Politics of China-Sixty Years of the// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">People Republic Of China //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011, ISBN978-0-52114931-2

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. Hanes, W. Travis, Sanello, Frank, //The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and Corruption of Another//, Naperville, IL, Sourcebooks, Inc., 2002, ISBN978-14022-0149-3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">2. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Hessler, Peter, 2011, //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">, New York: Harper Perennial, ISBN-13: 978-0061804106 3**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">. Steinfeld, Edward, 2010, //Playing Our Game: Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten the West//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">, Oxford, ISBN-13:978-0199837083 ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. Huang, Yashen, 2008, //Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics//, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, ISBN-978-0-521-89810-2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Supplementary Reading: **


 * Course Outline and Reading Assignments: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 1. <span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> China in the 18th Century: A Golden Age <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Rise of China, chapters 2, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">5 & 6.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 2.The Opium War, Watershed between Ancient and Modern China <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Rise of China, chapters <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">8 & 9.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 3. China’s Response to the Challenge from the West from 1840s-1920s <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Rise of China, chapters <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">11, 14, 15, 20 & 21.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4. China in Revolution from 1911 to 1949 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Rise of China, chapters 20, 22, 24 & 25

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 5. The Mao Years from 1949 to 1976 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Rise of China, chapters <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">26 & 28.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 6. Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Politics of China, chapters 4 & 6

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 7. Political Challenges during Deng’s Economic Reform <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reading: The Politics of China, chapter 6

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">8.China in the Era of Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 9. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> China's Dream, the Era of Xi Jinping and Li Keqian

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">10. The Rise of China and Its Impact on the World

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 11 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">. China’s Cultural and Historical Legacy

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Current Challenges to China in the 21st Century

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 13 & 14 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Presentation and Reflection <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Each participant chooses one topic and give a presentation for 5-10 minutes, then receive comments from the class.


 * __ Course Daily Schedule __**


 * __ Day 1. __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__China In the 18th Century: A Golden Age__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The Qing Dynasty, the last Chinese dynasty, created another golden age of Chinese civilization in the 18th century. With its correct policies, the Manchu conquered China, successfully integrating into the Han culture, winning support from the Han people. Its GDP was a little more than one third of the world GDP. The population tripled from 143 million in 1741 to 430 million in 1850. Its territory reached 14,700,000 square kilometers or 5,675,702 square miles. //Kangxi Dictionary// and //The Complete Library of the Four Treasures// – the Classics, history, philosophy and belles letters - displayed cultural accomplishments. Political stability, economic prosperity, territorial expansion and cultural richness gave the rulers and their subjects a sense of superiority over all outsiders. Because of this, they resisted anything new from the West. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">In the 18th century, the occasion of Macartney's meeting Emperor Qianlong was the commencement of a clash between Western and Chinese civilizations. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">It was this kind of China-centric mentality that led to Chinese’s ignorance of the rise and challenge from Great Britain in the 18th and early 19th century. The clash between Emperor Qianglong and Macartney is historically significant because it marked a missed opportunity by the Chinese to move toward some kind of accommodation with the West. Actually, how could one expect Chinese rulers to accept Macartney’s proposal to have free trade as an equal trading country when China regarded all the other nations as tributary states or barbarians?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Questions:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand the mentality of the Qing rulers before 19th century and why.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand the conflict between two totally different civilizations between China and Great Britain.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How did the Manchus manage to integrate into Chinese culture and win the support of the Chinese people?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was the mentality of the Chinese rulers before the early 19th century and why?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How did China and Great Britain compare economically, politically and culturally?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Great Britain want free trade with China and why did China decline this request?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was Macartney’s perception of China as observed during his China trip?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What would happen if Emperor Qianglong accept Macartney’s proposal and enter the world as an equal trading partner of Great Britain?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Reading**: Chapter 2-6, Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, //The Rise of Modern China//, 6th edition, Oxford, 2000

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Films:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">China’s Millennium in 1800s
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Yuanmingyuan
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1oioteHZs4&list=PLJ6LY0Q6wTMSfhBJMBOVuWozFg2HpG5zT
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1oioteHZs4&list=PLJ6LY0Q6wTMSfhBJMBOVuWozFg2HpG5z

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Day 2. The Opium War, the Watershed between Ancient and Modern China__**

====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The watershed between ancient Chinese history and modern Chinese history is the Opium War. This war is actually an encounter between the East and West. After the Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, industrial revolutions and imperialist expansion, the West emerged as a dominant force in the world. In contrast, Chinese civilization declined significantly from a superior position to an inferior status because of its own Sino-centric mentality, isolation and aggressive challenges in the West. In the 18th century, the event of Macartney’s meeting Emperor Qianlong indicated the beginning of a clash between the West and Chinese civilization. Macartney’s diplomatic efforts failed to bring free trade with China. But during the 19th century, the British cannon-policy forced China to open her doors. Chinese civilization met this unprecedented challenge from the West with humiliation that lasted for over one century. ==== ====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to understand origins of the Opium War and its impact on the history of modern China? Two different perspectives give two opposite answers. The dominant view among Chinese scholars attributes it to Britain’s commercial greed and imperial expansion. The consequence led to a century of humiliation. The other view, particularly, among many Western scholars, regards China’s isolation, ignorance and arrogance as the reason of this confrontation. In their opinion, it is the challenges from the West that led to the era of modern China. ====

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand why the Opium War is a watershed between ancient China and modern China.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand why Chinese regarded the century after the Opium Wars as a century of humiliation.
 * Questions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Great Britain request/demand free trade with China?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Qing rulers refuse to have free trade with the West?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did British merchants sell opium to China?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the consequences of opium trade in China?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What were Chinese rulers and elite' attitude to challenges from the West?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What were China's strategies to deal with challenges from the West?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Reading**: Chapters 7-9

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Films**:
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|British Imperialism in 19 Century China] __
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Opium War __

**__ Day 3. China’s Response to the Challenge from the West from 1840s-1920s __**
====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Facing unprecedented challenges from the West, Chinese rulers and people had to make dramatic and painful changes in the three phases: the Self-Strengthening Movement with focus on introduction of Western technology, weaponry and industry; institutional transform including top-down political reform and Sun Yet-sen’s bottom-up revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty; and the New Cultural Movement to welcome Mr. Science and Mr. Democracy at the cost of Confucianism. ====

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will be able to understand the three important steps in Chinese’s responses toward the challenge from the West from 1840s to 1920s.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand why mainstream of Chinese scholars began to criticize their own culture even though Chinese people were so proud of their culture in the past.
 * Questions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Emperor Guangxu want to have a political reform ?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did this 100-day reform fail and whom should be blamed?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are differences between the One Hundred Day reform and Sun’s revolution?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the differences between China’s responses to the West in these three steps?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to understand the rational of the three steps? What are their impact on China’s modern history?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the consequences of China’s criticism of Confucianism and worship of Western democracy and science?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Reading**: Chapter 11 and 14, 15, 21.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Video lecture**: The “Rise of Japan” and the “Fall of China”


 * __ Day 4. __**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **China in Revolution from 1911 to 1949** __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The challenge from the West led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. The end of the last dynasty did not lead to a westernized world. On the contrary, China was in a chaos of civil wars among warlords for decades. It was a key question in Chinese mindset where China should go? A competition took place between the Nationalist Party supported by the United States and the Chinese Communist Party based on Marxist-Leninist ideology. Relying on poor peasants, Mao defeated Chiang and unified China. The following movies will display how these two revolutions, Sun Yet-sen's Nationalist Revolution and Mao's Communist Revolution, happened and changed China's destination.

** Questions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why was Sun Yat-sen determined to overthrow the Qing Dynasty?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Sun Yat-sen's principles and policies of the Nationalist Revolution?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How did Chiang Kai-shek change Sun's principles and policies?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did the American government support Chiang?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How did Mao defeat Chiang supported by the United States?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Mao turn to the Soviet Union for support?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What were Mao's military strategies which helped Mao won the civil war?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who should be blamed for "loosing China?"
 * Reading: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Chapter 22 ， <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 25

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Film:** China, a Century of Revolution (1911-1949)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Day 5. The Mao Years from 1949 to 1976__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> As a founding father of the People's Republic China, Mao was praised as a rising “sun” in the east. The unification of China and the victory of the Korean War not only got rid of humiliation of China in the past 100 years, but also made Mao a God-like deity in the mindsets of the Chinese. Hostile international environment as well as Mao's romantic idealism, Mao launched political and economic campaigns one after another such as the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution. Mao's life-long rule left optimistic and pleasant memories and psychological dark scar as well among the Chinese.


 * Objective: **
 * You will understand Mao from different perspectives and his impact on China.
 * You will understand why Mao decided to launch the Cultural Revolution.


 * Questions **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Mao's achievements?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is Mao's legacy and how to evaluate his legacy?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Mao want to be an ally with the Soviet Union in 1949 and why did he split with the Soviet Union?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Mao launch the Cultural Revolution and how to evaluate the Cultural Revolution?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What motivates Mao and Nixon to approach each other?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Mao claim that he was another first Qin Emperor?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did George Washington quit his president position while Mao held the power to his death?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Do you have different impression/opinion of Mao before and after watching the movies?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Reading**: Chapters 26, 27, 28, and 30

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Movies**: China, A Century of Revolution 2 (1949-1976)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Day 6. Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Different from Mao, Deng is a revolutionary pragmatist. He realized that Mao's romantic idealism put the Chinese into poverty and disillusions, which would lead to the end of the Chinese Communist Party. Learning from Mao's failure, Deng was determined to launch an economic reform and open China's door to the world. It is very difficult to put a huge country with more than 1.3 billion people into a new direction and make them follow you from their hearts. The following movie will display how Deng's Economic Reform went and how he achieved his objectives by overcoming endless challenges.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objective **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You are able to understand the rational of Deng’s economic reform and its impact on China.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will also understand Deng’s legacy and his limitation.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Questions**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Deng Xiaoping launch the Economic Reform?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are achievements of the Economic Reform?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What kind of difficulties/challenges did Deng have during the Economic Reform?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What were Deng's means to help him reach his ends?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Deng's Economic Reform receive positive feedback from China and the world?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is difference between Mao and Deng?
 * Reading: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Chapters 37, 38, 40 and 41

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Film:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">China’s Capitalist Revolution

China’s economic reform is full of challenges, opposition and risks. Political disturbances in 1986 led to the fall of Hu Yaoban, and the incident in 1989 led to the fall of Zhao Ziyang and almost collapse of Chinese Communist Party. This session will review the history in 1980s, explore these challenges and factors that caused political disorder, and discuss their impact on China’s economic reform.
 * __ Day 7. Political Challenges during Deng’s Economic Reform __**

Objectives:
 * Participants will be able to understand the difficulties and challenges of Deng’s Economic Reform
 * Participants will have a comprehensive picture of the political incident of 1989

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Questions**: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Hu Yaoban’s policies during his leadership?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Zhao Ziyang’s policies during his leadership?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Who challenged Hu and Zhao’s leadership?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What factors lead to Tiananmen Incident in 1989?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What does democracy mean to those students in the “democratic movement”?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to understand students’ “democratic movement”?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the impact of the Tiananmen Incident of 1989?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Reading**: NacFarquhar’s book, chapter 4.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Documentary Film**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Gate of Heavenly Peace

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jiang Zemin replaced Zhao Ziyang after the Tiananmen Incident, and controlled China directly from 1989 to 2003, and continually impacted China’s politics from 2003 to 2012. During his leadership, China entered WTO after 15 years’ effort, which emerge China’s economy into the world. Jiang is generally credited with steering China on a positive course and bringing stability, economic prosperity, international prestige and some personal freedom to Chinese. At the same time, Jiang is given bad marks for the corruption, birth of interest groups, growing gap between rich and poor and social unrest that increased under his watch.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Day 8. China in the Era of Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Objectives**: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Questions**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Participants will be able to understand Jiang Zemin’s policies and his impact on China from 1990 to early 2000s.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why did Deng Xiaoping choose Jiang to replace Zhao Zeyang?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Jiang’s policies during his leadership?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is his impact on China?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to evaluate his legacy?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Reading**: NacFarquhar’s book, chapter 5

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Day 9. China's Dream in the Era of Xi Jinping and Li Keqian__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">President Xi Jinping as the "new architect" of China's reform, a comparison with late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, who was known as the nation's "chief architect".

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Deng's reforms faced resistance from "complicated forces", while Xi faces the daunting task of narrowing the wealth gap, correcting the relationship between political power and the market economy, and breaking the hold of vested interests.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Xi’s risky move has been the massive anti-corruption campaign to restore the legitimacy of the Party, whose survival he warns is threatened if rampant corruption is not stamped out.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Xi’s is one of the most powerful CCP leaders of China. Mao’s revolution realized a unified, independent, and fair but pretty poor China. Deng’s Reform created a much wealthy China with deep division of the rich and poor. What kind of China would be under the leadership of Xi? Xi announced <span style="color: #191a1a; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">his vision of the Chinese Dream, or the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” This part will discuss where his Chinese dream would lead China to.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will be able to understand Xi's Chinese Dream and how his policy would impact China.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Questions**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is Xi's Chinese Dream?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are Xi's approaches to reach him goals?”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Where would China go?


 * Reading: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">NacFarquhar’s book, chapter 6.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Video tape: Xi Jinping**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__ Day 10. The Rise of China and Its Impact on the World __**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After more than one century of painful and reluctant response to the challenge from the West, China began to enter the world gradually and passionately through its entrance into the United Nations in 1971, the WTO in 2001, the Olympic Games in 2008 and World Expo in 2010. China has had a 9.5 percent growth of GDP since 1978 and it has been the second largest economy in the world. “Made in China” itself has become a brand name. Napoleon once warned not to arouse this sleeping lion. Now this sleeping lion has risen. People are curious about the consequences of the rise of China and its impact on the world.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will be able to understand how China’s rise impacts the world and the United States in the 21st century.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objective: **


 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Questions **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How will China’s rise challenge the status quo of the world and the United States?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How can we understand China’s self-claimed peaceful rise/development?
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Can a peaceful co-existence remain between the United States and China?
 * Reading: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">NacFarquhar’s book, Chapter 7.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Film:** Next Superpower: China (11 parts)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **__Day 11. China’s Cultural and Historical Legacy__**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> China is the longest continuous civilization in the world. The Chinese civilization declined significantly when it faced huge challenges from the West in the 19th and 20th centuries. After efforts of another half century, China became a prominent player in the world. This session will review their strengths and see how they could make use of their tradition, wisdom and strengths to make their civilization survival and prosperous again.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will be able to understand the “secrets” behind the success of China’s economic reform from its historical and cultural legacy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives ** ：

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Questions**:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are China’s historical and cultural legacies?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the core value of Confucianism?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the core value of Buddhism?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is the core value of Daoism?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to understand the strength of Chinese philosophies and great teachings of Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How to understand the function of the Mandate of Heaven in China’s politics?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Reading**: TBD


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">__Day 12. Current Challenges to China in the 21st Century__ **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Since Deng’s Economic Reform, China has achieved amazing economic development. With <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|growth rates averaging][|9.5][|%] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> over the past 30 years, China has been the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|fastest-growing major economy] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> in the world. Now China is the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|world's second largest economy] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> after the <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|United States] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. China is also the largest <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|exporter] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> and second largest <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|importer] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> of goods in the world. However, China is facing new challenges and crises in different perspectives. The most serious challenge is imbalance: imbalance between rapid economic progress and stagnate construction of political reform, imbalance between the rich and poor, imbalance between economic growth and environmental protection, imbalance between urban and rural, etc. It will be difficult for China to sustain development if these challenges and crises cannot be overcome.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You will be able to understand what kind of challenges China is facing since its economic reform in 1978.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Objectives **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> **Questions:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What kind of crises and challenges is China facing?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the most serious imbalances in China today?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Is China’s development pattern sustainable? If not, how to change it?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What are the likely consequences for China if these crises continue?


 * Reading: ** Ma <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">cFarquhar’s book, chapter 8

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Videos:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Little Yueyue
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Chinese Are Coming


 * __ Days 13 & 14. Presentation and Reflection __**

__ Objectives: __ __ After taking this course, you will be able to __
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand China’s political, cultural and economic history from late 19th century through 2012.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand why, from the Chinese perspective, their history from the 1840s through the 1940s is a century of humiliation.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">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.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand the differences between China’s Nationalist and Communist Revolutions.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand how the international situation and Mao’s ideology affected his domestic policies.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand Mao’s image as both a Satan and a God-like deity in the mindset of the Chinese people.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand the difficulties and challenges of Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand the achievements and legacy of Deng Xiaoping.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understanding different policies of Deng Xiaoping’s successors of Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">understand China’s current challenges.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Understand what kind of impact China’s rise will impact the world, particularly, the United States.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Presentation and discussion**: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Participants give presentation in this class. Each presentation time is limited to 5-10 minutes, then the class will spend 5 minutes to discuss on the presentation.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Final project**:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The participants are required to write an essay of this course. The essay will due on March 10. Send me your essay in electronic version.