• • • Republic of China (1912-49) • • •
** World War I: 1911-20

Key Points: Imperialism, War, and Revolution in East Asia, 1900-1945

History: Introduction to China's Modern History (1792-1949) [Reading/Timeline]

Economy/Trade: 200 Years of U.S. Trade with China (1784-1979) [Reading/Timeline]

Politics/Society: The May Fourth Movement (1916-20s) [Primary Source]

Literature:
• Introduction to Chinese Literature
• Lu Xun (1881-1936): China's Greatest Modern Writer

<<• • • Republic of China (1912-49) • • •>>
** World War II: 1939-45

Key Points: Imperialism, War, and Revolution in East Asia, 1900-1945

Literature: Pearl Buck's The Good Earth (1931)

Society/Politics: Farmers and the Chinese Revolution [Primary Source]

<<• • • Modern Japan • • •>>

Key Points: Imperialism, War, and Revolution in East Asia, 1900-1945

History (1600-present): Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Period

History/Society (World War II):
• Japan's Quest for Power and World War II in Asia (1931-49)
• The Atomic Bomb (1945) [Primary Source]
• The Occupation (1945-52)

Gov't/Politics:
• Power and Politics in Modern Japan
• The Japanese Constitution (1947)

• • • People's Republic of China (1949-present) • • •
** Korean War (1950-53)
** Vietnam War (1955-77)

Key Points: China, 1945-present

Autobiography [Teaching Guides]:
• on Building Chinese Socialism (1909-60s): Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
• on The Establishment of the New Regime: Land Reform (1949-53): The Dragon's Village by Yuan-tseng Chen
• on the Cultural Revolution (1966-76): Born Red: A Chronicle of the Cultural Revolution by Gao Yuan and Son of the Revolution by Liang Heng and Judith Shapiro

Literature: Cultural Revolution Literature of Hao Ran

Society/Politics: The Commune System [Reading/Charts]

Foreign Policy/Politics:
• China's Political System
• Chinese Leaders [Primary Source]
• What Makes a Good Communist Party Member? [Primary Source]
• Introduction to China's Foreign Policy
• China's Geography and Security Goals
• U.S.-China Relations Since 1949 [Primary Source]

<<• • • Modern Japan • • •>>

Key Points: Contemporary Japan: 1945-present

History (1600-present): Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Period

Foreign Policy/ Defense: Article 9 and the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty

Gov't/Politics:
• Government of Japan
• The Japanese Bureaucracy [Multimedia Unit]
• Decision-Making in the Government
• The Japanese Diet (Parliament) [Multimedia Unit]
• Elections in Japan
• Japan's Election Laws [Multimedia Unit]
• Japan's Electoral Process, 1925-94 [Multimedia Unit]
• Factions in Japanese Politics [Multimedia Unit]
• Interest Groups in Japanese Politics [Multimedia Unit]
• The Prime Minister and Leadership in Japanese Politics [Multimedia Unit]
• The Emperor Before and After the Second World War [Multimedia Unit]

<<• • • People's Republic of China • • •>>

Autobiography [Teaching Guides]:
• on the Democracy Movement and Tiananmen Square (1978-89): Almost a Revolution by Shen Tong

Foreign Policy/Politics:
• Principles of China's Foreign Policy
• Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations [Primary Source]
• The Chinese Political System and the Communist Party [Primary Source]

Contemporary Issues:
• China's Population [Charts/Maps]
• China's Foreign Policy: The Historical Legacy and the Current Challenge
• Tiananmen (1989): Democratic Theory in China and Tiananmen Square [Primary Source]

<<• • • Modern Japan • • •>>

History (1600-present): Japan's Modern History: An Outline of the Period

Foreign Policy/ Defense:
• Should Japan Increase Its Defense Effort?
• Japan's Foreign Relations and Role in the World Today
• Current Events: A Research Exercise

Economy/Trade:
• Economy and Trade Fact Sheet
• Japanese Economy Research Exercises

Religion: Religious Attitudes Today