Week 1

Jan 12 (MON): Introduction to Course
Jan 14 (WED): Sun Zhongshan, Yuan Shikai & the Revolution of 1911
Reading : 136-42 (all page numbers are for Revolution and Its Past textbook)

Week 2

Jan 19 (MON): MLK Day (No class)
Jan 21 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: China's Choices in 1912
Reading:        143-161
Document Reading Packet: ALL DOCUMENTS (Printable version)
Document #1: 7.2 - First Provisional President's Proclamation (1912)
Document #2: 7.3 - Last Emperor's Abdication Edict (1912)
Document #3: 7.6 - Zhang Xun's Reasons for Restoring the Monarchy (1917)
Document #4: 7.7 - General Wu Peifu and Other Warlords (1924)
Document #5: 8.5 - Three Principles of the People (1921)

Week 3

Jan 26 (MON): May Fourth Movement & China's New Cultural Identity
Jan 28 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Power of the Pen (and Intellect)
Reading:        162-180
Document Reading Packet: ALL DOCUMENTS (Printable version)
Document #1: 7.9 - Japan's 21 Demands (1915)
Document #2:7.10 - May 4th Manifesto (1919)
Document #3:7.11 - Chen Duxiu's New Youth Manifesto (1919)
Document #4:7.12 - Lu Xun's Call to Arms (1922)
Document #5:7.13 - Hu Shi's Literary Rev & Renaissance in China (1926)
Document #6:8.11 - Yang Zhihua's "Love & Socializing " (1922)

Week 4

Feb 2 (MON): In Search of Political Unity: The Guomindang (Nationalists)
Feb 4 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Schoppa's Bloody Road (Study Guide)
Reading:        182-200
Document #1:8.6 - Manifesto on the Northern Expedition (1924)
Document #2:8.7 - Sun's Last Wills and Testament (1925)
Document #3:8.8 - "Qingdang" Purge the Party of all Undesirable Elements (1927)
Document #4:8.9 - GMD's Purge the Party Slogans (1927)
Document #5:9.6 - Song Meiling, New Life Movement (1934)

Week 5

Feb 9 (MON): Looking for Alternatives: The Chinese Communists
Feb 11 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Who & What Were the CCP?
Reading:        211-240
Document #1:8.1 - First Manifesto of the CCP on the Current Situation (1922)
Document #2:8.2 - Mao's Report on the Hunan Peasant Movement (1927)
Document #3:8.3 - Land Law of the Jiangxi Soviet (1932)
Document #4:8.12 - Ding Ling's Miss Sophie's Diary (1942)
Document #5:9.8 - Otto Braun on the Long March (1934-5)

Week 6

Feb 16 (MON): Struggling to Survive: The Xi'an Incident, Yan'an & Occupied China
Feb 18 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: The Blame Game
Reading:        242-285
Document #1:9.7 - Zhang Xueliang's Xi'an Speech (1936)
Document #2:9.9 - Mao Zedong's Statement on Jiang Jieshi's Statement (1936)
Document #3:10.2 - Wang Jingwei's Telegram to Jiang (1938)
Document #4:10.3 - [Occupied] China-Japan Treaty (1940)
Document #5:10.4 - Jiang Wen's Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
Document #6:10.5 - Edgar Snow's Soviet Society (1937)
Document #7:10.6 - Ding Ling's Thoughts on Woman's Day (1942)
Document #8:10.7 - Wang Shiwei's Wild Lily (1942)

Week 7

Feb 23 (MON): China at War with Itself
Feb 25 (WED): VIDEO: Tug of War (Taiwan and the R.O.C)
Reading:        286-297
Document #1: 10.8 - Wen Yiduo's Eulogy of Li Gongpu (1946)
Document #2: 10.9 - Li Zongren's Disentegration of Our Military Forces

Week 8

March 2 (MON): BOOK DISCUSSION: Westad's Decisive Encounters (Study Guide)
March 4 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: The Taiwan "Miracle"
Reading:         297-304; 319-325;
Document #1: 10.10 - Republic of China's State of Siege (1949)
Document #2: 10.11 - Progress on Formosa (1952)
Document #3: 13.1 - Restoration of the PRC in the UN (1971)
Document #4: 13.2 - Jiang Jieshi Declaration (1971)

Week 9

March 9-13:SPRING BREAK

Week 10

March 16 (MON):DISCUSSION TOPIC: Internal Challenges of a New China
Reading:        326-337
Document #1:Proclamation of the Founding of the PRC (1949)
Document #2:Birth Control and Planned Families (1957)
Document #3:Tian Zhuangzhuang's Blue Kite (1992)


March 18 (WED):DISCUSSION TOPIC: External Challenges of a New China
Reading:        337-345
Document #1:Two Telegrams Relating to the Korean War (1950)
Document #2:Marriage Law (1950)
Document #3:U.S. Imperialism is a Paper Tiger (1956)

Week 11

March 23 (MON)Tibet & China
March 25 (WED)BOOK DISCUSSION: Tibetan Revolutionary
Document #1:11.4-17 Point Plan for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (1951)
Document #2:12.8-Revolutionary Masses in Lhasa Smash the Four Olds(1966)

Week 12

March 30 (MON)The Cultural Revolution: A False Dawn
April 1 (WED):DISCUSSION TOPIC: Understanding the Cultural Revolution
Reading:        346-360; Morning Sun
Document #1:12.2-Lei Feng, a Fine Example of Chinese (1963)
Document #2:12.4-Mao Zedong's Big Character Poster (1966)
Document #3:12.5-The 16 Points: Decision of the Central Committee (1966)
Document #4:12.6-Mao Celebrates the Great Cultural Revolution (1966)
Document #5:12.7-Road for China's School Graduates (1977)
Document #6:12.9-Jiang Qing on the Revolution in Beijing Opera (1964)
Document #7:12.10-Songs Play their Part in Revolution (1965)
Document #8:12.11-Revolutionary Song Lyrics

Week 13

April 6 (MON): China Re-Emerges: The End of Mao
April 8 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Understanding China in the 1970s
Reading:        360-392
Document #1:13.3-Shanghai Communique (1972)
Document #2:13.4-Hua Guofeng's "Two Whatevers" (1977)
Document #3:13.5-Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations (1978)
Document #4:13.6-Wei Jingsheng's Fifth Modernization (1978)
Document #5:13.7-Trial of Gang of Four (1980)
Document #6:13.8-University Entrance Examinations (1977)
Document #7:14.10-Zhang Jie's Love Must Not be Forgotten (1979)
Document #8:14.7-One Couple, One Child (1980)

Week 14

April 13 (MON): Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Deng Xiaoping
April 15 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Evaluating Deng
Reading:         366-392
Document #1:14.1 - Building Socialism with Specifically Chinese Character (1984)
Document #2:14.2 - Deng on the Importance of SEZs (1992)
Document #3:14.4 - Transcript of Meeting with Li Peng and Students (1989)
Document #4:14.5 - The Truth about the Beijing Turmoil (1989)
Document #5:14.6 - Songs and Tiananmen (1989) [Descendents of the Dragon Nothing to My Name]

Week 15

April 20 (MON): China in the 21st Century: From Deng to Jiang
April 22 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Chang's Factory Girls (DISCUSSION QUESTIONS)
Reading:         394-447; China in the Red (video)

Week 16

April 27 (MON): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Political Currents in the 21st Century
Reading:        
Document #1:14.8 - Over-the-limit of Births Guerrilla Unit (1990)
Document #2:15.1 - Jiang's Three Represents (2001)
Document #3:15.2 - Hu's Scientific Outlook (2007)
Document #4:15.3 - AP Interview with Chen Shuibian (2007)


April 29 (WED): DISCUSSION TOPIC: Facing the Future
Reading:        
Document #0:Ch 15 Visual Source (344-5) - Future be Damned
Document #1:15.6 - China Warns of Environmental "Catastrophe" (2006)
Document #2:15.7 - Jia Zhangke's Still Life (2006) [clip]
Document #3:15.8 - Fudan's Sex Rules (2005)
Document #4:15.10 - Wei Hui's Shanghai Baby (1999)

MAY 4 (MON): FINAL EXAM: 8-9:50 A.M. (Thomas 216) STUDY GUIDE & Sun's Three Principles (1905)