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**//__Historical Review and Future Vision of the U.S. and China __//** //Instructor: Wanli Hu // Email: Wanli.hu@umb.edu Class Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
 * //__Moving Forward from Crises: __//**

Chapter2-6, Immanuel C.Y. HHHHsu, The Rise of Modern China, 6th edition, Oxford, 2000 || chapter 7 to 9, 11, 15, 20 and 21, Immanuel C.Y. HHHHsu, The of Modern China, 6th edition, Oxford, 2000 //Movies: // The Opium War (lecture) [] The Opium War (a movie) [] || China’s Capitalist Revolution [] || Desperate Crossing: the Untold Story of the Mayflower [] || //Creating the Constitution //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">, a Yale course by Professor Freeman <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">[|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PqKRhIKdK8 &feature=relmfu] ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">CLASS SCHEDUAL ** ||
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 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">10/10 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Introduction __** ||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">10/17 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">China before the Opium War (1840) __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reading: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">10/24 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">M || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">China’s Response to Western Challenges from 1840 to Early 20th Century __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reading: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">10/31 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Deng Xiaoping’s Economic Reform and Rising of China __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movie: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">11/7 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Political Challenge in 1620s, the Mayflower Compact and Its Significance __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movie: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">11/14 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Political Challenge in 1789 - the Constitutional Convention and Its Impact __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movie: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">11/28 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Racial Challenges in America (1860s - 1960s) __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movies: //

//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.6667px;">1) African Americans //

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//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.6667px;">2) Gettysburg Address //

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//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.6667px;">3) I have a Dream //

[] || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1) //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.6667px;">1) The American Economic Boom in 1920s //
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//<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 12.6667px;">2) The Great Depression //

[] || ** FDR's Address After Pearl Harbor Attack **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">4/2 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">M || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Military Challenge to the United States __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movie: //

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"> [] || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">TBA || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">1) David Boren//, [|A Letter to America] // <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">2) Thomas L. Friedman, //Hot, Flat and Crowed: Why We Need A Green Revolution-And How It Can Renew America// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jeffrey Melnick, //9/11 Culture//, Wiley-Black Well, 2009 ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">4/4 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Current Challenges of China __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Movie: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">4/9 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">M || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Current Challenges of the United States __** || //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Readings: //
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">4/11 || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">W || **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Strengths of both China and United States and Solutions to the Challenges __** ||  ||