The People’s Republic of China

Three credits · Undergraduate

Covers the revolution of 1911, World War I, and warlordism; Chiang Kaishek and the Guomindang; Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party; World War II (1937-45); the civil war (1945-1949); the profound economic, social, cultural, and political transformations of the country under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; China as a world power today. Three credits. Not offered 2026-2027.