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In this subject students are introduced to China. The lectures are tied together by several common themes, including China’s incredible geographic, ethnic and cultural diversity, it’s dual exceptionalist and wounded nationalism, and the Deng Xiaoping-era social bargain between the Communist Party and the Chinese people based on improving living standards in exchange for acquiescence to one-party rule.
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Popular Culture and the CCP Social Bargain
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Young people have been at the vanguard of every significant social movement in China for over a century, yet the youth archetype has changed significantly over this period. This lecture explores what it means to be a young person in China today, examining the relationship of Chinese youth with the one-party state and the Communist Party’s grand leg…
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Gender and the Family in China
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Gender and family relations in China have changed dramatically over the past century, reflecting the socio-economic and political transformation of the country from a feudal-dynastic realm under the Qing empire to a modern nation-state ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. This lecture traces this evolution by comparing workplace, marriage and repr…
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Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Economic Miracle
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Since the inauguration of Deng Xiaoping’s economic reform program in 1978, China has grown to become the world’s second-largest economic power. It’s export-driven economic model has seen it become the locus of global economic production and the world’s largest creditor state. This lecture examines the pivotal role of Deng Xiaoping in reforming Chin…
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Mao Zedong and his Political Legacy
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Mao Zedong's influence on governance, his legacy, and the reaction to it are integral to the story of politics in post-1949 China. His accomplishments as a military leader and revolutionary are significant, however his record as a national leader if more ambiguous. This lecture evaluates the Mao Zedong era and illustrates how Mao's legacy continues…
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Han Exceptionalism vs The Century of Shame
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China is one of the oldest and richest civilisations in human history, traditionally occupying a central position in world affairs. Yet China descended into a century of decline after the First Opium War, a period of chaos that saw the demise of the Qing dynasty and the descent of the post-dynastic nationalist republic into civil war. This lecture …
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China is a country of enormous scale and rich diversity, the governance of which can be considered as one of the greatest social engineering projects in human history. This lecture explores China's geographic, ethnic, cultural and economic diversity and considers the challenges this poses to social cohesion, economic vitality and political stabilit…
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