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Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present (edX)

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Creating Modern China: The Republican Period to the Present (edX)
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Explore the birth of modern China with a focus on the time between the fall of the Qing and the end of World War II. What does it mean to be modern? What constitutes modern politics, modern institutions, a modern military, and modern infrastructure? In this period of great [...]

China and Communism (edX)

Explore the Maoist period of China, from the Communist Party to the death of Mao and the reopening of China. How did the Communists conquer China? What role does culture play? What are the successes and failures of the Chinese Communist Party after seizing power in 1949? What constitutes [...]

Chinese Culture: Transformation (edX)

This compact course introduces 5 interesting aspects of Chinese culture in transformation. They are (a) The Four Great Classical Chinese Novels, (b) the art of Chinese opera, (c) private Confucian academies since the Song dynasty, (d) New Confucianism in the 20th century, and (e) gender politics in early New [...]

Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought | 毛泽东思想概论 (edX)

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Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought | 毛泽东思想概论 (edX)
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Mao Zedong founded the People's Republic of China in 1949, but who was he and how did his theories, strategies and policies shape modern China? 毛泽东思想是中国共产党治国理政的指南针、显微镜和望远镜。本课程将带你探索这些政治理论的来龙去脉、微言大义和现实影响等。

Mao to Now: On Chinese Marxism (edX)

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Mao to Now: On Chinese Marxism (edX)
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An insightful study of Chinese Marxism, socialism and capitalism - critical for anyone who wishes to engage with China today. To make sense of modern China, you simply cannot ignore Marxism. ‘From Mao to Now’ presents current topics that anyone who wishes to engage with China should know. Rather [...]