This class is an intensive introduction to the main political, socio-economic and foreign policy/security aspects of China’s evolution from Republicanism through Maoism to “socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era,” as represented by Sun Yat-sen/Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping; Xi Jinping, respectively. Prerequisite(s): a 2000-level history course or third-year standing and 1.0 credit in history. Lectures three hours a week.
This class is an intensive introduction to the main political, socio-economic and foreign policy/security aspects of China’s evolution from Republicanism through Maoism to “socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era,” as represented by Sun Yat-sen/Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping; Xi Jinping, respectively. Prerequisite(s): a 2000-level history course or third-year standing and 1.0 credit in history. Lectures three hours a week.