Global History Since 1500
(History 010 -- Moore)
Journal Questions: Week Ten

Strayer (Write in your journal for 10-15 minutes on each.)

Chapter 16: "The Middle Kingdom: The Making of the Chinese Empire" (pp. 326-342); Chapter 17: "`Foreign Devils': China and Western Imperialism, 1500-1900" (pp. 343-357); Chapter 18: "Nationalists and Communists: The Chinese Revolution, 1900-1949" (pp. 358-373); Chapter 19: "Socialism, Development, and Politics: The People's Republic of China" (pp. 374-391). (10-15 minutes each)

    Question # 26: In general terms, describe Chinese history and culture leading up to the modern era. How does "traditional" China compare with "traditional" India?

    Question # 27: How did an ancient powerful and accomplished Chinese civilization lose its grip and sense of superiority and become a semi-colony of European imperialists during the nineteenth century? Why did movements from below and from above fail to modernize China and deal successfully with the foreign threat during this period?

    Question #28: Describe the history of the Chinese Revolution during the twentieth century. How does this history compare with the history of the Indian independence struggle?

    Question #29: What have been the main features and important changes of policy of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present?

Andrea & Overfield (Read the texts and write short responses to each one of the accompanying questions. Or, formulate an appropriate journal question of your own and write a 5-10 minute essay for each group of texts.)

  • Chapter 4: "Continuity and Change in East and Southeast Asia"

    1. Journals, Matteo Ricci

    2. The Biographies of Zhu Jiefu and Gentleman Wang, Wang Daokun

    3. Landscape of Shixie Hill, Zhang Hung and Scholars Gazing at a Waterfall, Sheng Maoye

  • Chapter 7: "Equilibrium Established and Undermined in East and Southeast Asia"

    1. Self-Portrait, Kangxi

    2. Letter to King George III, Emperor Qianlong

  • Chapter 10: "East Asia Confronts the West"

    1. Letter to Queen Victoria, Lin Zexu

    2. Memorandum to Emperor Xianfeng, Zeng Guofan

    3. The Three People's Principles and the Future of the Chinese People, Sun Yat-sen

  • Chapter 12: "Anticolonialism, Nationalism, and Revolution in Africa, Asia, and Latin America"

    1. Strategic Problems of China's Revolutionary War, Mao Zedong

    2. "A Native of Yan'an", Cao Ming

  • Chapter 13: "The Global Community since 1945"

    1. Recollections, Ming

    2. Speeches and Writings, Deng Xiaoping

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