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= Foreword =
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= [[Traditional Chinese History]] =
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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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Chinese History from the earliest times till the Ming Dynasty.
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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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Martin Woesler, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, Orem, Utah - [[User:Root|Root]] 01:38, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
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= [[Modern Chinese History]] =
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Chinese History from Qing Dynasty till today.
  
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= The Qing Dynasty =
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= [[Classical Chinese Literature]] =
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Traditional Chinese Literature.
  
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== The Manchus overthrow the Ming Dynasty ==
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= [[Free online tools to learn Chinese]] =
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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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The internet is full of sources to learn Chinese. This Wiki article gives an overview and evaluates the offers. It is a team project by students of the class "Beginning Chinese I" at Utah Valley University.
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* 03 Thomas: Joanna Waley-Cohen [[The New Qing History]] in Radical History Review 88 (Winter 2004), 193-206
 
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* 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
 
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* 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
 
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== Kangxi's Consolidation ==
 
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* 06 Gavin: 1st edition of Cheng and Lestz, [[The Sacred Edict]] in The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection. Cheng and Lestz
 
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* 07 [[Oboi Regency]] [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 20:59, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 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)
 
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* 09 [[The Sacred Edict]]  [[User:Chiang Kai-shek|Chiang Kai-shek]] 19:12, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 
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== 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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== 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)
 
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== Late Imperial Culture ==
 
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* 15 Naquin and Rawski, [[Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century]], 55-93.
 
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* 16 Kendra: Ebrey, [[Exhortations on Ceremony]], in Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook
 
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* 17 Gavin: Watson, [[Standardizing the Gods: The Promotion of T’ien-hou (Empress of Heaven) along the South China Coast, 960-1960]]
 
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* 17a 1768- Philip Kuhn, [[Soulstealers: The Chinese Socery Scare of 1768]] (HUP, 1990) - [[User:Qianlong|Qianlong]]
 
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== Women and Gender ==
 
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* 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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* Empress Dowager [[Cixi]] (慈禧, 1835-1908)
 
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== China and the Outside World ==
 
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* 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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* 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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* 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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== 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.
 
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== The Crisis Within ==
 
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* 26 Kendra: Ebrey, “Mid-Century Rebels” in Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook
 
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* 27 Gavin: Susan Naquin, Millenarian Rebellion in China, 1-8, 63-117.
 
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* 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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* 29 Glorydawn: Robert Weller, “Saturating the Movement” and “Too Many Voices,” 50-85.
 
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* [[Tian hou]] - [[User:Deng Xiao Ping|Deng Xiao Ping]] 20:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
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* [[The eight trigrams]] - [[User:Deng Xiao Ping|Deng Xiao Ping]] 20:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 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)
 
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== The Political and Social Effects of the Taiping Rebellion ==
 
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* 31 Jessica: Philip Kuhn, Rebellion and its Enemies in Late Imperial China, 105-164, 211-225.
 
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* 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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* 33 [[Regionalism in Nineteenth Century China]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 21:13, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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== Self-Strengthening and the Problem of Imperialism ==
 
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* 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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* 35 [[English Lessons]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 21:26, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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* Kendra = Kang Youwei (康有為, 1858-1927)
 
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* Talya = Liang Qichao (梁啟超, 1873-1929)
 
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== Problems at the End of the Qing ==
 
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* 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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== The 1911 Revolution ==
 
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* 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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* 38 Thomas: Ichiko Chuzo, “The Role of the Gentry: An Hypothesis,” China in Revolution, 297-318.
 
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* 39 [[Manchu and Han]],  [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 22:46, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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= The Republic of China =
 
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== The New Republic ==
 
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* 40 [[Yuan Shikai: Two Documents]], [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 22:50, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 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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* 42 Gavin: James Sheridan, Chinese Warlord: The Career of Feng Yu-hsiang, 1-30.
 
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* 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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* Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙 = Sun Zhongshan 孫中山, 1866-1925)
 
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== The New Culture and May Fourth ==
 
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* 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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* 45 Jessica: Lu Xun, “Ah Q: The Real Story” and “My Old Home”
 
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* 46 Thomas: Henrietta Harrison, The Making of the Republican Citizen, 49-92.
 
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* 47 [[The Canonization of May Fourth]], [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 22:57, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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== The Guomindang in Power ==
 
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* 48 [[New insights into the nature of the nationalist regime]], [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 23:48, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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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]]
 
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* 50: Bradley Geisert “Probing KMT rule: reflections on Eastman's new insights,” Republican China 9.2: 28-39.
 
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Reading in turn #51 Gavin: Parks Coble, “The Kuomintang Regime and the Shanghai Capitalists, 1927-1929,” China Quarterly 77 (March 1979), 1-24.
 
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* Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石, 1887-1975): Jessica
 
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== Mao and the Rise of the CCP ==
 
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* 52 Alexis: Benjamin Schwartz, [[Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao]], 7-27 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 05:54, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 53 Juan: Hans van de Ven, From Friend to Comrade, 9-54.
 
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* 54 [[The Political Thought of Mao Tse-tung]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 07:43, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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* Mao Zedong (毛泽东, 1893-1976)
 
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== World War Two ==
 
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* 56 Katie Bowers ---: Lloyd Eastman, “Facets of an Ambivalent Relationship: Smuggling, Puppets, and Atrocities During the War, 1937-1945”
 
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* 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)
 
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* 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.
 
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== The Communist Revolution ==
 
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* 59 Alexis: Chalmers Johnson, [[Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power]], 1-30 - [[User:Cixi|Cixi]] 23:00, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 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)
 
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* 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.
 
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= The People's Republic of China on the mainland and the Republic of China on Taiwan =
 
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== Birth of the PRC ==
 
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* 62 [[Peasant Nationalism’ in the History of Chinese Communism]] [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 07:40, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 63 Gavin:  Joseph Esherick, “Ten Theses on the Chinese Revolution”
 
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* 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]]
 
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* 65 Jessica: Edward Friedman, Paul Pickowicz, Chinese Village, Socialist State (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991), pp.80-159 [second part Honeymoon]
 
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* 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)
 
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== The occupation of Tibet and Han-Chinese settlement policy ==
 
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Guest lecturer: Dr. Kathreen Brown, Professor and Dean of the History Dept.
 
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== Campaigns and the Cultural Revolution ==
 
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* 67 [[Mao’s Great Famine: the History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe]], [[User:Xi Jinping|Xi Jinping]] 07:37, 10 December 2011 (UTC)
 
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* 68 Gavin: Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals, Mao’s Last Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), pp.1-18 - part I
 
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* 69 Jessica: Roderick MacFarquhar, Michael Schoenhals, Mao’s Last Revolution (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006), pp.19-36 - part II
 
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== The Open-Door Policy, Remodeling Laws and Legal System ==
 
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* Gavin (Deng Xiaoping (邓小平, 1904-1997)
 
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== The Democratization process in China and 1989 ==
 
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* Guest Lecturer: Dr. Danny Damron
 
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== The special economic zones, Taiwan and the economical miracle ==
 
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* Trevor [[Xi Jinping]] 习近平, 1953-
 
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== China's impact on the world today: The global economical powerhouse and the new soft superpower ==
 
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* 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
 
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* 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
 
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* 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
 
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* Martin Woesler, "China as the new soft superpower and the global impact of its culture" 2011
 
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* 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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* 71 Alexis: Nye/Wang 2009, Joseph S. Nye/Jisi Wang, [[Hard decisions on soft power]], in: Harvard International Review, http://hir.harvard.edu/agriculture/hard-decisions-on-soft-power
 

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