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The search for modern China
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The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.Abstract:
This course explores the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present. We will examine the rise and fall of China’s last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People’s Republic of China. Course materials include scholarly monographs, a memoir, primary sources, and visual and material artifacts that offer diverse perspectives. We will meet twice a week for a combination of lectures, discussion, and viewing of visual texts.read more
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A Democratic China
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on voting procedures: those used in elections and those that may or may not be the same used in decision-making, and considered what could go wrong if a standard, western, multi-party democracy was to be adopted in China.
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“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”: Economic imperialism and ecclesiastical imperialism:
TL;DR: The effects of the Opium War led to various local uprisings against the foreigners as well as against the Qing government for its failure to prevent the Western powers from humiliating China.
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China, globalisation and the World Trade Organisation
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors claimed that membership of the WTO will help industrialisation, rather than make China more dependent, and argued that if handled right, it can strengthen independence, sovereignty and self-reliance.
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The Dragon's Rise from the Sea
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that history plays a key role in shaping Chinese policies and actions in the South China Sea, and that the prevailing event in Chinese history that informs the reasoning behind recent aggressive behavior is the Chinese perception of a century of humiliation, from 1839-1949.
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Look before You Leap: Underestimating Chinese Student History, Chinese University Setting and Chinese University Steering in Sino-British HE Joint Ventures?.
TL;DR: The authors make the case that many Anglo-Chinese university collaborations to date have seriously underestimated Chinese student history, the Chinese university setting and Chinese national governmental steering as part of the process of "glocalisation".
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On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of access to transportation networks on regional economic outcomes in China over a twenty-period of rapid income growth was investigated, and it was shown that proximity to a transportation network has a moderate positive causal effect on per capita GDP levels across sectors, but no effect on overall GDP growth.
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Primitive accumulation, accumulation by dispossession, accumulation by ‘extra-economic’ means
TL;DR: The authors review recent uses and transformations of the primitive accumulation that focus on its persistence within the Global North, addressing especially the political implications that attend different readings of primitive accumulation in the era of neoliberal globalization.
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International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the recent rise of migration and development as a major area of policy concern and cautions against essentializing migration and placing too great a responsibility upon migrant agency at the expense of the institutional change necessary to bring about development.
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The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth
TL;DR: The intellectual origins of the Industrial Revolution are traced back to the Baconian program of the seventeenth century, which aimed at expanding the set of useful knowledge and applying natural philosophy to solve technological problems and bring about economic growth as mentioned in this paper.