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This platform is for scholars, instructors and students to jointly write and publish books as well as to provide and use course material.
  
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The book in hand is in many respects unique: It has been written by the students attending a course on Modern Chinese History at Utah Valley University in Fall 2011. Using a Wikipedia writing tool, the students picked historical figures and wrote chapters on them using the I-perspective. Fellow students peer reviewed the articles and helped them to improve.
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I thank all authors, who made this venture come true: Licia = [[Qianlong]], Alexis = [[Cixi]], Kendra = [[Kang Youwei]], Talya = [[Liang Qichao]], Thomas = [[Sun Yat-sen]], Juan = [[Mao Zedong]], Gavin = [[Deng Xiaoping]], Jessica = [[Chiang kai-shek|Chiang Kai-shek]], Trevor = [[Xi Jinping]]. The links are their alias used for the summaries of secondary sources. Following the links, you can find a description of the historical figures they chose as their alias.
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We tried in our class to make history become alive again, applying a learner-centred approach. We hope, the readers enjoy the outcome of this team work.
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=== [[Books|Collaborative Book Projects]] ===
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= The Qing Dynasty =
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== The Manchus overthrow the Ming Dynasty ==
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* 02 Juan: Cheng and Lestz, [[Two edicts on wearing the hair]], [[Glorifying the origins of the Manchus”]] in DOC, Cheng and Lestz
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* 03 Thomas: Joanna Waley-Cohen [[The New Qing History]] in Radical History Review 88 (Winter 2004), 193-206
 
* 04 Evelyn: [[Presidential Address: Reenvisioning the Qing: The Significance of the Qing Period in Chinese History]] in The Journal of Asian Studies 55.4 (Nov., 1996), 829-850
 
* 05 Kendra: Ho Ping-ti, [[In Defense of Sinicization: A Rebuttal of Evelyn Rawski's ‘Reenvisioning the Qing’]] in The Journal of Asian Studies, 57.1 (Feb., 1998), 123-155
 
  
== Kangxi's Consolidation ==
 
* 06 Gavin: 1st edition of Cheng and Lestz, [[The Sacred Edict]] in The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection. Cheng and Lestz
 
* 07 [[Oboi Regency]] [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 20:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
* 08 [[Ruling from Sedan Chair: Wei Yijie (1616-1686) and the Examination Reform of the ‘Oboi’ Regency]] [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qichao]] 21:47, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 
* 09 [[The Sacred Edict]]  [[User:Chiang Kai-shek|Chiang Kai-shek]] 19:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 
  
== Qianlong's Wisdom / State and Governance in China ==
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* 10 Juan: Huang Liuhong, [[A Complete Book Concerning Happiness and Benevolence]], 60-68
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* 11 [[States and society in 18th century china]]  [[User:Chiang Kai-shek|Chiang Kai-shek]] 19:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
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=== [https://china-studies.com/wacs/2026.php WACS 10 — 10th World Conference of Chinese Studies] ===
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'''12–14 August 2026, The University of Hong Kong'''
  
== Elites and Social Power ==
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* 12 Thomas: Chang Chung-li, [[The Chinese Gentry]], 3-32.
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* 13 [[Local Government in China under the Ching ]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 04:34, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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* 14 Talya: Benjamin Elman, [[Political, Social & Cultural Reproduction via Civil Service Examinations in Late Imperial China]], Journal of Asian Studies, 50.1. (Feb., 1991), 7-28 [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qichao]] 21:36, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 
  
== Late Imperial Culture ==
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* 15 Naquin and Rawski, [[Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century]], 55-93.
 
* 16 Kendra: Ebrey, [[Exhortations on Ceremony]], in Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook
 
* 17 Gavin: Watson, [[Standardizing the Gods: The Promotion of T’ien-hou (Empress of Heaven) along the South China Coast, 960-1960]]
 
* 17a 1768- Philip Kuhn, [[Soulstealers: The Chinese Socery Scare of 1768]] (HUP, 1990) - [[User:Qianlong|Qianlong]]
 
  
== Women and Gender ==
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==Courses==
* 18 Grace Fong, [[Signifying Bodies: The Cultural Significance of Suicide Writing by Women in Ming-Qing China By Grace S. Fong]], in Ropp, ed., Passionate Women: Female Suicide in Late Imperial China (Special issue of the journal Nan/Nü 3.1 [2001]), 105-142 [[User:Cixi|Cixi]]
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===Summer Semester 2026===
* Empress Dowager [[Cixi]] (慈禧, 1835-1908)
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*THU 16:30-18:10 409 中国文化概要 [[Overview on Chinese Culture Spring 2026]] (09230030.01)(1-16,腾龙楼409教室) BA24级
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*WED+THU 翻译理论与实践 [[Translation Theory and Practice Spring 2026]] (09231022.01)(1-16,腾龙楼 WED 604, THU 403) BA22级德语
  
== China and the Outside World ==
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===Fall Semester 2025===
* 19 Glorydawn: John K. Fairbank, ed., The Chinese World Order, 1-19
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* 20 Juan: Kenneth Pomeranz, [[Political Economy and Ecology on the Eve of Industrialization: Europe, China, and the Global]], American Historical Review 107.2 (2002), 425-446 - [[User:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] 20:59, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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*1 THU 8-8:45, 8:55-9:40 406 [[Uebungen Deutsch für Anfaenger - 2025]] 基础德语练习(09231023.01) (双2-16,腾龙楼406教室) 24级
* 21 Jessica: Evelyn Rawski, “The Qing Formation and the Early Modern Period,” The Qing Formation in World-Historical Time, 207-241.
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*3 THU 19:00-19:45; 19:55-20:40; 20:50-21:35 [[Chinese Language and Culture - 2025]] 中国语言文化-25级MITA专硕, 3-16周[连续],晚上1-3节, 腾龙楼613教室 (学委:找研办邓老师调课)
* 22 Thomas: R. Bin Wong, “The Search for European Differences and Domination in the Early Modern World,” American Historical Review 107.2 (2002), 447-469.
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*2 FRI 8-8:45, 8:55-9:40 501 [[Deutsch Multimedial 2 - 2025]] 德语视听说(二)(09231031.01)(1-16,腾龙楼501) 23级
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*1 (starting Oct 27) FRI 10-10:45, 10:55-11:40 406 [[Muendliches Deutsch 1 - 2025]] 德语口语(一)(09231017.01) (9-16,腾龙楼406教室) 24级
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*2 MOOC GXR09016.01 中外比较文学研究专题(智慧树网络课程)Special Topics in the Study of Chinese and Foreign Comparative Literature (Online courses)
  
== China and the Outside World / Clash with the West ==
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* 23 [[The Opium War and the Opening of China: An Historiographical Note]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 05:20, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
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* 24 Talya: James Polachek, [[The Inner Opium War]], 1-16, 273-287 [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qichao]] 21:51, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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* 25 Katheryn: Fairbank, “Synarchy Under the Treaties,” 204-231.
 
  
== The Crisis Within ==
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====Spring Semester 2025====
* 26 Kendra: Ebrey, “Mid-Century Rebels” in Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook
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*1 FRI 10-10:45, 10:55-11:40 403 BA22德语语言学导论 [[Einführung in die deutsche Linguistik, Frühl. 2025]] (09231008.01)(5-8,腾龙楼403教室)) Xie Wenxia 23级
* 27 Gavin: Susan Naquin, Millenarian Rebellion in China, 1-8, 63-117.
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*1 FRI 10-10:45, 10:55-11:40  BA22德语语法 [[Deutsche Grammatik, Frühl. 2025]] (09231005.01)(1-4,至善楼204教室) Xie Wenxia 23级
* 28 Alexis: Elizabeth Perry, [[Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China 1845-1945 by Elizabeth Perry]], 1-9, 48-95 [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 00:32, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
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*2 MOOC GXR09016.01 中外比较文学研究专题(智慧树网络课程)Special Topics in the Study of Chinese and Foreign Comparative Literature (Online courses)
* 29 Glorydawn: Robert Weller, “Saturating the Movement” and “Too Many Voices,” 50-85.
 
* [[Tian hou]] - [[User:Deng Xiao Ping|Deng Xiao Ping]] 20:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
* [[The eight trigrams]] - [[User:Deng Xiao Ping|Deng Xiao Ping]] 20:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
* 30 1900 - Juan: Paul Cohen, [[History in Three Keys: The Boxers As Event, Experience, and Myth]], 69-95. [Link to Google books] - [[User:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] 20:59, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
 
  
== The Political and Social Effects of the Taiping Rebellion ==
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====Summer Semester 2025====
* 31 Jessica: Philip Kuhn, Rebellion and its Enemies in Late Imperial China, 105-164, 211-225.
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*THU 8-8:45, 8:55-9:40 BA22翻译理论与实践 [[Theorie und Praxis der Übersetzung, Frühl. 2025]] (09231022.01)(1-16,至善楼204教室) 22级 Wang Zhuochen, 学委 Mia Xu Xuanlin, 教务办 Xiong Zhi
* 32 Thomas: Edward McCord, “Militia and Local Militarization in Late Qing and Early Republican China: The Case of Hunan,” Modern China (April 1988), 156-187.
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*THU 16:30-18:10 601 [Weeks 1-8: WED 8-8:45, 8:55-9:40 407] 中国文化概要 [[Overview of Chinese Culture, Spring 2025]] (09230030.01)(1-16,腾龙楼407教室) BA23级 Zhong Weiping (1st major foreign literature, 2nd English language)
* 33 [[Regionalism in Nineteenth Century China]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 21:13, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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*FRI 12:45-14:15 中国语言文化 [[Chinese Language and Culture, Spring 2025]](400010009)MTI24级专硕1-16周[连续],腾龙楼613教室 Zhang Jiaxin 张嘉欣
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*2 MOOC GXR09016.01 中外比较文学研究专题(智慧树网络课程)Special Topics in the Study of Chinese and Foreign Comparative Literature (Online courses)
  
== Self-Strengthening and the Problem of Imperialism ==
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====Fall Semester 2024====
* 34 Alexis: Paul Cohen, [[Imperialism: Reality or Myth?, Discovering History in China]], Discovering History in China, 97-147 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]]
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*WED 10-10:45, 10:55-11:40 403 BA22德语语言学导论 [[Einführung in die deutsche Linguistik, Frühl. 2025]] (09231008.01)(5-8,腾龙楼403教室)) Xie Wenxia 23级
* 35 [[English Lessons]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 21:26, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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*THU 10-10:45, 10:55-11:40  BA22德语语法 [[Deutsche Grammatik, Frühl. 2025]] (09231005.01)(1-4,至善楼204教室) Xie Wenxia 23级
* Kendra = Kang Youwei (康有為, 1858-1927)
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*THU (10:00-10:45,10:55-11:40) 407 [[Mündliches Deutsch 1]] BA2023(3) (Xie Wenxia) 德语口语(一)| Oral German I, 周1-周8
* Talya = Liang Qichao (梁啟超, 1873-1929)
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*THU (19:00-19:45,19:55-20:40,20:50-21:35) 至善楼105 [[Chinese Language and Culture 2024]] MA2 (23级笔译口译) 中国语言文化
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*FRI (8:00-8:45,8:55-9:40) 403 [[Übungen Grundkurs Deutsch]] BA2023(3) (Xie Wenxia) 基础德语练习
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*FRI (10:00-10:45,10:55-11:40) 506 [[Deutsch Multimedial 2]], BA2022(2) (Wang Zhuochen) 德语视听说(二)
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*Online 2 GXR09016.01 [[Topics in Chinese and Foreign Comparative Literature]]中外比较文学研究专题
  
== Problems at the End of the Qing ==
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====Summer Semester 2024====
* 36 1898-1912 Juan: Douglas Reynolds, [[China, 1898-1912: The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan]], 1-14 - [[User:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] 20:59, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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*THU 9:45-11:15 s. 413 [[Text Comp 2024]] 文章写作, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
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*THU 11:30-13:00 s. 401 [[Chin Cult 2024]] 中國文化, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
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*FRI 9:45-11:15 s. 424 [[Chin Poetry 2024]] 中國文學-詩歌, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
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*THU 8:00-9:40 [[Trans TP 2024]] 翻译理论与实践 BA3, Hunan Normal University
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*FRI 8:00-9:40 [[Cult Ov 1 2024]] 中国文化概要 BA2, Hunan Normal University
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*FRI 10:00-11:40 [[Cult Ov 2 2024]] 中国文化概要 BA2, Hunan Normal University
  
== The 1911 Revolution ==
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====Earlier Semesters====
* 37 Jessica: Mary Wright, [[China in revolution]], 1-62 - [[User:Chiang Kai-shek|Chiang Kai-shek]] 19:15, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
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* [[Chinese Language and Culture - 2025]], [[Uebungen Deutsch für Anfaenger - 2025]], [[Deutsch Multimedial 2 - 2025]], [[Muendliches Deutsch 1 - 2025]]
* 38 Thomas: Ichiko Chuzo, “The Role of the Gentry: An Hypothesis,” China in Revolution, 297-318.
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* [[Chinese Language and Culture, Spring 2025]], [[Overview of Chinese Culture, Spring 2025]], [[Theorie und Praxis der Übersetzung, Frühl. 2025]]
* 39 [[Manchu and Han]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 22:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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* [[Chinese Language and Culture 2024]], [[Deutsch Multimedial 2]], [[Mündliches Deutsch 1]], [[Übungen Grundkurs Deutsch]]
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* [[Chinese Culture 2023]], [[Chinese Classics Translation Spring 2023]], [[Introduction to Chinese Culture Spring 2023]]
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* [[Chinese Language and Culture Fall 2022]], [[Translation Theory ZH-DE 2022]], [[Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2022]]
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* [[Chinese Classics Translation 2022]], [[Chinese Language and Culture 2022]]
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* [[Introduction to Translation Studies 2021]], [[Foundations of Chinese Cultures 2021]]
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* [[Chinese Languages and Cultures]], [[Introduction to Translation Studies]], [[German Phonetics]]
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* [[Basics of Chinese Culture]], [[Cross Media Storytelling]], [[Holism as a Concept]]
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* Earlier courses at Witten/Herdecke, Beijing Normal, Utah Valley, Roma Tre universities
  
= The Republic of China =
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== The New Republic ==
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==Institutions and Chinese Studies Conferences==
* 40 Trevor: Cheng and Lestz, “Yuan Shikai: Two Documents,” “Feng Yuxiang: Praising the Lord,and “Zhang Zongchang: With Pleasure Rife” in DOC 214-216
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*[http://china-studies.com 6th World Conference of Chinese Studies], August 2022 Witten and Berlin
* 41 Talya: Arthur Waldron, [[The Warlord: Twentieth-Century Chinese Understanding of Violence, Militarism & Imperialism]], American Historical Review 96:4 (1991) 1073-1100 - [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qichao]] 21:42, 15 October 2011 (UTC)
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*[http://china-studies.com 5th World Conference of Chinese Studies], August 2021 Witten and Brussels
* 42 Gavin: James Sheridan, Chinese Warlord: The Career of Feng Yu-hsiang, 1-30.
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*[[International Chinese Studies Centre]]
* 43 Alexis: Shelley Yomano, [[Reintegration in China under the Warlords, 1916-1927]], Republican China, vol. 12, no. 2 (April 1987), pp. 22-27 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 02:08, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
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*[http://jmchair.eu Jean Monnet Chair], [[JM|Jean Monnet Work Team]]
* Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙 = Sun Zhongshan 孫中山, 1866-1925)
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* [https://bit.ly/WACS4 4th World Conference of Chinese Studies], August 15-18, 2020 Witten and London
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* [http://china-studies.com/wacs/ 3rd World Conference of Chinese Studies] August 24-25, 2019 Witten/Germany and August 26-27, 2019 Paris/France
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* [http://china-studies.com/wacs/ 2nd World Conference of Chinese Studies] August 18-19, 2018 Witten/Germany and August 21-22, 2018 Vienna University/Austria
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* [http://china-studies.com/wacs/2017_en.html 1st World Conference of Chinese Studies] August 19-20, 2017 Witten/Germany
  
== The New Culture and May Fourth ==
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== Useful things ==
* 44 Juan: Ebrey, [[Ebrey,“Spirit of May Fourth” and “Ridding China of Bad Customs” in Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook]] - [[User:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] 19:15, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
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* [[Speech scripts]]
* 45 Jessica: Lu Xun, “Ah Q: The Real Story” and “My Old Home”
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* [[Free online tools to learn Chinese]]
* 46 Thomas: Henrietta Harrison, The Making of the Republican Citizen, 49-92.
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* [[DCG-To-Do|DCG-Todo-Liste]], [[To_Do|Assistenz]]
* 47 Trevor: Rudolf Wagner, “The Canonization of May Fourth,” The Appropriation of Cultural Capital.
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* [[Book_projects|Übersetzungsprojekte]] = Translation Projects
  
== The Guomindang in Power ==
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* 48 Trevor: Lloyd E. Eastman, “New insights into the nature of the nationalist regime” Republican China 9.2: 8-18
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* 49 Talya: Joseph Fewsmith [[Response to Eastman's review article New Insights into the Nature of the Nationalist Regime]], Republican China 9.2 (February 1984), 19-27 - [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qichao]]
 
* 50: Bradley Geisert “Probing KMT rule: reflections on Eastman's new insights,” Republican China 9.2: 28-39.
 
Reading in turn #51 Gavin: Parks Coble, “The Kuomintang Regime and the Shanghai Capitalists, 1927-1929,” China Quarterly 77 (March 1979), 1-24.
 
* Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石, 1887-1975): Jessica
 
 
 
== Mao and the Rise of the CCP ==
 
* 52 Alexis: Benjamin Schwartz, [[Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao]], 7-27 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 05:54, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 
* 53 Juan: Hans van de Ven, From Friend to Comrade, 9-54.
 
* 54 Trevor: Stuart Shram, The Political Thought of Mao Tse-tung, 15-73.
 
* Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1893-1976)
 
 
 
== World War Two ==
 
* 56 Katie Bowers ---: Lloyd Eastman, “Facets of an Ambivalent Relationship: Smuggling, Puppets, and Atrocities During the War, 1937-1945”
 
* 57 [[Convergence or Divergence?  Recent Historical Writings on the Rape of Nanjing]] The American Historical Review 104.3 (June 1999), 842-865.Yang Daqing  --[[User:CelticWonder|Kang Youwei]] 00:02, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 
* 58 Gavin Norton: Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, The Nanjing Atrocity, 1937-38: Complicating the Picture, chapters by Wakabayashi, 3-28; Askew, 86-114; Fogel, 267-284; and Yamamoto, 285-303.
 
 
 
== The Communist Revolution ==
 
* 59 Alexis: Chalmers Johnson, [[Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power]], 1-30 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 23:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 
* 60 Juan: Stephen Averill, [[Party, Society, and Local Elite in the Jiangxi Communist Movement]], Journal of Asian Studies 46.2 (May 1987), 279-303 - [[User:Mao Zedong|Mao Zedong]] 19:45, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 
* 61 Jessica: K.K. Shum, “The Communist Party’s Strategy for Galvanizing Popular Support, 1930-1945,” in Pong and Fung, eds., Ideal and Reality: Social and Political Change in Modern China.
 
 
 
= The People's Republic of China on the mainland and the Republic of China on Taiwan =
 
 
 
== Birth of the PRC ==
 
* 62 Trevor: Donald Gillin, “‘Peasant Nationalism’ in the History of Chinese Communism,” Journal of Asian Studies 23.2 (Feb. 1964), 269-289.
 
* 63 Gavin:  Joseph Esherick, “Ten Theses on the Chinese Revolution”
 
* 64 Talya: Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, [[Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, Chinese Village, Socialist State]] New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991, pp.80-159 [first part Silent Sound] - [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qiacho]]
 
* 65 Jessica: Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, Chinese Village, Socialist State (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991), pp.80-159 [second part Honeymoon]
 
* 66 Alexis: Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, [[Chinese Village, Socialist State: The Gamble]], New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991, pp.80-159 [third part Gamble] - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 18:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 
 
 
== The occupation of Tibet and Han-Chinese settlement policy ==
 
Guest lecturer: Dr. Kathreen Brown, Professor and Dean of the History Dept.
 
 
 
== Campaigns and the Cultural Revolution ==
 
* 67 Trevor: Frank Dikoetter, Mao’s Great Famine: the History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 (New York: Walker, 2010), pp.127-144, 324-334
 
* 68 Gavin: Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals, Mao’s Last Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), pp.1-18 - part I
 
* 69 Jessica: Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals, Mao’s Last Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), pp.19-36 - part II
 
 
 
== The Open-Door Policy, Remodeling Laws and Legal System ==
 
* Gavin (Deng Xiaoping (邓小平, 1904-1997)
 
 
 
== The Democratization process in China and 1989 ==
 
* Guest Lecturer: Dr. Danny Damron
 
 
 
== The special economic zones, Taiwan and the economical miracle ==
 
* Trevor [[Xi Jinping]] 习近平, 1953-
 
 
 
== China's impact on the world today: The global economical powerhouse and the new soft superpower ==
 
* Fish 2011: Isaac Stone Fish, “China’s Failed Charm Offensive” in: Newsweek (1/19/2011), http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/01/19/china-s-failed-charm-offensive.html
 
* Gates 2007, Thom Shanker, "Defense Secretary Urges More Spending for U.S. Diplomacy", in: New York Times (2007.11.27), http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/washington/27gates.html
 
* Hu 2007, Xinhua News Agency „Hu Jintao calls for enhancing ‘soft power’ of Chinese culture“, in: People’s daily (2007.10.15) http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/15/content_6883748.htm
 
* Martin Woesler, "China as the new soft superpower and the global impact of its culture" 2011
 
* 70 Talya: Jonathan McClory, [[The new persuaders - An international ranking of soft power]], in: (2010.12) - [[User:Liang Qichao|Liang Qiacho]]
 
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