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INTS210: Modern Chinese History
This unit is a survey of political and intellectual developments in China set against the first modern contacts with the West to the end of the 20th century. Themes and subjects covered include: the first contacts with the West; the Opium War and its consequences; the Taiping Rebellion; the Confucian response to the challenge of the West; constitutional reform and the collapse of imperial China; the rise of nationalism; the introduction of Communism into China; the Sino-Japanese War; the early years of the Peoples Republic of China; the Great Leap Forward; the Cultural Revolution; the death of Mao Zedong; the post-Mao period; the political and intellectual crisis of 1989; and the beginnings of the reform and opening up policies which have led to China's present power and prosperity.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Mr Edwin Lowe |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp or Permission of Executive Dean of Faculty |
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| NCCW(s): | HIST250 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of International Studies |
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