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Modern Chinese History - INTS210

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 twentieth century. Themes and subjects covered include: first contacts with the West; the Confucian response to the challenge of modernity; the collapse of imperial China; the rise of nationalism; the introduction of Communism; the Sino-Japanese War; the Great Leap Forward; the Cultural Revolution; the death of Mao Zedong; the post-Mao period; and the political and intellectual crisis of 1989.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Dr Kevin Carrico
Prerequisites:

12cp at 100 level or above Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): HIST250
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Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of International Studies

Faculty of Arts

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