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Voyage: Spring 2016 Discipline: History of East Asia HIEA 3559-101: History of Modern China Division: Upper Faculty Name: Edward Rhoads Credit Hours: 3; Contact Hours: 38 Pre-requisites: None SEMESTER AT SEA COURSE SYLLABUS University of Virginia, Academic Sponsor COURSE DESCRIPTION This course, conducted in a lecture-and-discussion format, covers the history of China during the last 250 years. Normally, we would first look at China as it existed in the mid-18 th century, when it was at its height of affluence and power; we would then trace the country s slow and agonizing disintegration due to successive domestic upheavals and foreign defeats in the 19 th century as well as its rapid regeneration by the middle of the 20 th century; finally, we would examine China in the last half of the 20 th and the first years of the 21 st century under the rule of the Communists. The itinerary of our voyage, however, suggests taking another approach. We will prepare you for your visit to China by starting instead at the end and looking first at the Communist era of Chinese history before we go back to the beginning. And in lieu of a textbook, we will examine the history of China through three biographies: that of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing dynasty (1835-1907), the Guomindang leader Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), and the Communist leader Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997). One additional theme in the history of modern China is the geographical spread of the Chinese people overseas, which we will also consider as we make our way to the various port cities of Asia and Africa. COURSE OBJECTIVES To grasp the how s and why s of the flow of modern Chinese history. What were the major events? Who were the major figures? To understand how historians conceptualize history in terms of turning points and periods. To evaluate the role of great men (women, too) in history, with specific reference to Cixi, Chiang Kai-shek, and Deng Xiaoping. To appreciate and understand the nearly world-wide presence of Chinese people.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS Author: Ezra F. VOGEL Title: Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China ISBN: 978-0-674-72586-7 Date/Edition: 2013/Paperback Author: Jung CHANG Title: Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine who Launched Modern China Publisher: Anchor Books ISBN: 978-0-307-45670-0 Date/Edition: 2014/Paperback Author: Jay TAYLOR Title: The Generalissimo: Chiang Kai-shek and the Struggle for Modern China ISBN: 978-0-674-06049-4 Date/Edition: 2011/Paperback TOPICAL OUTLINE OF COURSE 1 Introduction Brief in class writing assignment 2 Liberation: The Communists Rise to Power Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 15-79 3 The New Democracy Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 88-109, 140-183 QUIZ #1 Honolulu (12 January) 4 Socialist Transformation Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 184-200, 229-257, 261-276 5 Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 296-312, 362-283, 394-422 6 Reform and Opening Out Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 435-449, 473-522 7 Tiananmen and its Aftermath

Readings: Vogel, Deng, pp. 523-535, 576-639 Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 332-340 (on Japan) Yokohama/Kobe (24-28 January) 8 The Chinese Dream Reading: Vogel, Deng, pp. 640-690 Shanghai/Hong Kong (31 January-5 February) FIELD LAB Hong Kong 9 Manchu Rule Readings: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 1-4 Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 228-233 (on Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh City (8-12 February) 10 Gentry Society Reading: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 5-9 QUIZ #2 11 The Opening of China Readings: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 10-14 Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 140-143 (on Burma) Rangoon (17-21 February) 12 Taiping and Other Rebellions Readings: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 15-18 13 Restoration and Self-Strengthening Readings: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 19-23 Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 344-346 (on India) Cochin (26 February-2 March) 14 The Scramble for Concessions Reading: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 24-28 15 The Late Qing New Policies Readings: Chang, Cixi, chaps. 29-31 and Epilogue Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 351-355 (on Mauritius) Mauritius (8 March)

16 The 1911 Revolution Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 1-68 17 May Fourth New Culture Movement Readings: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 68-125 Pan, Encyclopedia, pp. 360-363 (on South Africa) Cape Town (14-19 March) 18 The Great Revolution Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 125-181 19 Nanjing Decade Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 181-244 QUIZ #3 20 Mao and the Chinese Communists Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 245-306 Tema/Takoradi (26-30 March) 21 Anti-Japan War of Resistance Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 306-365 22 Post-war Civil War Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 365-427 23 Taiwan Reading: Taylor, Chiang, pp. 427-483 Casablanca (6-10 April) 24 FINAL EXAMINATION FIELD LAB Field lab attendance is mandatory for all students enrolled in this course. The Field Lab for this course will take place in Hong Kong on Friday, 5 February. With the expert guidance of Professor POON Shuk-wah of the History Department of Lingnan University in Hong Kong, we will go on a day-long tour of various historical sites in this Special Administrative Region, as the former British colony is now designated. Based on what you learn from this field lab and more generally from the course, you will write a 6-8 page (1500-2000 word) paper on the topic, Hong Kong s place in the history of modern China. This paper, which counts for 20% of your course grade, will be due after we leave Ghana.

FIELD ASSINGMENTS Chinese are to be found almost everywhere in the world. To what extent is this statement accurate, based on your personal observations on this voyage? For each city or country that we visit (aside from China itself), see if there is a local Chinatown. If there is one, please visit it, take a photograph of yourself against an appropriate Chinese background, and write a one-page report of your visit. Possible questions to consider for each port: Where is this Chinatown located, in relation (for example) to the central business district? Has this Chinatown been around for a long time, or is it a recent development? How extensive, or how large, is this Chinatown? What do the Chinese living in this Chinatown do for a living? This cumulative report, which counts for 20% of your course grade, is due after we leave Cape Town. METHODS OF EVALUATION/GRADING RUBRIC The course grade will be assigned as follows: Three 20-minute quizzes (each 10%) 30% Field Assignments 20% Field Lab Report 20% Final Examination 30% Class participation: Grades may be adjusted upward or downward reflecting frequency and quality of participation in classroom discussions. RESERVE BOOKS AND FILMS FOR THE LIBRARY Author: Lynn PAN Title: Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas ISBN: 0-674-25210-1 Date/Edition: 1999/Hardcover HONOR CODE Semester at Sea students enroll in an academic program administered by the University of Virginia, and thus bind themselves to the University s honor code. The code prohibits all acts of lying, cheating, and stealing. Please consult the Voyager s Handbook for further explanation of what constitutes an honor offense. Each written assignment for this course must be pledged by the student as follows: On my honor as a student, I pledge that I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. The pledge must be signed, or, in the case of an electronic file, signed [signed].