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INTS2010 – Modern Chinese History

2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Lecturer
Mei-fen Kuo
mei-fen.kuo@mq.edu.au
Australian Hearing Hub, level 2 Int'l Studies
Tuesday 10-11am
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit is a survey of political and intellectual developments in China set against the first modern contacts with the West to the end of the twentieth century. Themes and subjects covered include: first contacts with the West; Confucian and other responses to the challenges of the 20th century; the final collapse of imperial China; the rise of modern nationalism; the introduction of Communism; the Sino-Japanese War; the Great Leap Forward; the Cultural Revolution; the death of Mao Zedong; the post-Mao period; and the political and intellectual crisis of 1989.

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Demonstrate an understanding of the socio-political driving forces of modern Chinese history.
  • ULO2: Demonstrate an understanding of different models of interpreting Chinese history.
  • ULO3: Analyse and express judgements about Chinese history in oral and written form.
  • ULO4: Interpret written and material evidence with a sense of appreciation and understanding.
  • ULO5: Understand and respond to the views of staff and other students in the unit, in both oral and written form.
  • ULO6: Combine pre-selected and self-located evidence to provide a critical analysis of events and forces in Chinese history.

Assessment Tasks

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General Assessment Information

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Late Assessment Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.

Delivery and Resources

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Assessment Marking Rubrics and Self Assessment

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Unit Schedule

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Lecture

Lecture Reading

Tutorial Readings

Week 1
  • What is modern Chinese history?
  • Fenby, Introduction
      No reading, but will have tutorials in week 1

Week 2
  • Internal and external challenges for the Qing

 

  • Fenby, Chapters 1-3

  
  • Memorial on legalizing opium (ilearn)
  • Memorial on banning opium (ilearn)
  • Excerpts from Dikotter's "Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China" (ilearn)

Week 3
  • The end of the dynastic system
  • Fenby, Chapters 3-6

 
  • Zou Rong on Revolution (ilearn)
  • Evelyn Rawski, "Reenvisioning the Qing: the Significance of the Qing Period in Chinese History"

Week 4
  • The early Republican era
  • Fenby, Chapters 7-10
  • Arthur Waldron, "The Warlord: Twentieth Century Chinese Understandings of Violence, Militarism, and Imperialism"

Week 5
  • World War II and Civil War
  • Fenby, Chapters 11-17
  •  Daqing Yang, "The Nanjing Massacre: Challenges for Historical Inquiry"

Week 6
  • The early Maoist era
  • Fenby, Chapters 18-19
  • Chalmers Johnson, "Introduction," Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power

Week 7

 Midterm test Midterm test

 Midterm test, in lecture

 

MID-SEMESTER BREAK

 

Week 8
  • The Great Leap Forward
  • Fenby, Chapter 20-21
  • Daniel Vukovich, "Accounting for the Great Leap Forward"
  • Anthony Garnaut, "The Mass Line on a Massive Famine"

 

Week 9
  • The origins of the Cultural Revolution
  • Fenby, Chapter 22-23
  • Lee Haiyan, "Figuring History and Horror in a Provincial Museum: The Water Dungeon, the Rent Collection Courtyard, and the Socialist Undead"

 

Week 10
  •  The Cultural Revolution
  •  Reading TBD
  • Michael Schoenhals, "Demonizing Discourse in Mao Zedong's China: People vs. Non-People" (ilearn)
  • Excerpts from Ji Xianlin, "The Cowshed"

 

Week 11
  • Reform and Opening
  • Fenby, 24-28
  • Kevin Carrico, "Eliminating Spiritual Pollution: A Genealogy of Closed Political Thought in China's Era of Opening"

 

Week 12
  • Tiananmen 1989
  • Fenby, 29-31
  • Zhang Longxi, "Western Theory and Chinese Reality"

 

Week 13
  • Final test
 Final test Final test, in lecture

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