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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Gabriela Baranyaiová (17.02.2020)
Course outline 1. Chinese historical inertia introduction (Confucianism, dynastic cycle etc.) 2. The clash of civilizations: 1842 Treaty of Nanjing (China loses to Great Britain, domestic dynastic crisis) 3. End of the last dynasty, founding of the Republic (China after 1911 revolution, early modernization movements 4. China in the inter-war period (Warlords, Chiang Kai-shek, Communists, Japanese aggression) 5. China during the WW2 (Importance of the 1936 Xian incident with its implications for Europe and outcomes of the WW2 in general, China as part of the Allied forces) 6. The Peoples Republic of China (Reasons for the Communist party victory, first policies implemented) 7. Mao Zedong and his campaigns (Big Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution) 8. The reforms of Deng Xiaoping after 1978 (4 modernizations, one-child policy, Tianmen massacre of 1989, special economic zones) 9. Modern Chinese economy (state capitalism, emergence of the huge SOEs, Go Global, state champions) 10. Modern China – issues and developments (Xinjiang, Tibet, One Belt One Road, Role of Xi Jinping, environmental issues, population aging, territorial disputes, relations with neighbours etc) 11. Modern China – issues and developments Modern China – issues and developments (Xinjiang, Tibet, One Belt One Road, Role of Xi Jinping, environmental issues, population aging, territorial disputes, relations with neighbours etc) 12. Modern China – issues and developments (Xinjiang, Tibet, One Belt One Road, Role of Xi Jinping, environmental issues, population aging, territorial disputes, relations with neighbours etc) |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Gabriela Baranyaiová (17.02.2020)
The aim of the course is to introduce students to modern history of China after 1842 and thus enable them to analyse, understand and research present-day China policies and approaches to domestic as well international challenges. After completing the course, students will be able to: § understand and analyse the most important events shaping modern China § understand and analyse the specifics of China and its historical inertia § understand and analyse modern development in China § understand and analyse the challenges China is facing |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Gabriela Baranyaiová (17.02.2020)
Evaluation composition
20% Seminar activity and attendance 40 % Written test 40 % Oral exam
Evaluation is performed as per Deans Provision.
Basic interpretation of A-F grading scale:
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Gabriela Baranyaiová (17.02.2020)
Obligatory FAIRBANK, John King a Merle. GOLDMAN. China: a new history. 2nd enl. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0674018280.
FENBY, Jonathan a Merle. GOLDMAN. The Penguin history of modern China: the fall and rise of a great power, 1850 to the present. Second edition. London: Penguin Books, 2013. ISBN 978-014-1975-153.
MITTER, Rana. Modern China: a very short introduction. Second edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. Very short introductions. ISBN 978-019-8753-704.
Recommended
WALDER, Andrew. China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780674975491.
SNOW, Edgar. Red star over China. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1973. ISBN 978-080-2150-936.
VOGEL, Ezra F. a TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE BY ALLAN H. BARR. Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. ISBN 978-067-4055-445. WASSERSTROM, Jeffrey N. China in the 21st century: what everyone needs to know. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0195394122.
BELL, Daniel. China's new Confucianism: politics and everyday life in a changing society. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2008. ISBN 978-0-691-13690-5.
HUA, Yu a TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE BY ALLAN H. BARR. China in ten words. New York: Anchor Books, 2012. ISBN 978-030-7739-797.
MCGREGOR, Richard. The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2010. ISBN 9780061998089.
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