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ASIA 210 - The Emergence of Modern Asia

This course is an exploration of the emergence of modern China covering main events of the 19th and 20th centuries. The course begins by exploring the background of China's encounter with the imperial West and the end of its isolation. Following that, the course shifts to examining the post-imperialist years and, in particular, the Opium Wars, China's revolutions and uprisings (Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Uprising), the emergence of nationalism, China's relations with Soviet Russia and its war with Japan, the transition to socialism and emergence of communism as well as the events of the years of Mao Zedong (the Long March, the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution) and Deng Xiaoping (Tiananmen Square Massacre).
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