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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: 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
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Dr Johnathan Benney
Prerequisites:

12cp Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

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

Department of International Studies

Faculty of Arts

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