Ancient China and Foreign Powers: From the Opium Wars to the People's Republic of China

  • Category: Arts, cultures and societies
  • Semester: Semester 2 (S2)
  • ECTS credits
    2 ECTS – 20 hours
  • Number of places
    North Campus: 15 places; South Campus: 15 places
  • Teaching locations

    (S2) North Campus – Moufia & South Campus – Buffer

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  • Exclusively for students registered in General License

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Priority licensing levels

  • Open to everyone

Recommended sectors

Open to everyone

Prerequisites

No

UEO open to students in international exchange programs

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Description of the WEU

The general objective of this WEU is to provide a historical overview of XNUMXth century China to understand the major challenges in China's domestic and foreign policy today.

By depicting the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the aim will be to provide an analysis of the reasons for the birth of the Republic of China. The end of the Chinese imperial system and China's vision of the West will be understood through the two Opium Wars that gave rise to various treaties deemed unequal.
Then, by detailing the emergence of political currents and their ideological and military confrontations, it will be a question of highlighting the evolution of a new society, and of exposing China's desire to change its model for a People's Republic in order to catch up with the West.
This course therefore traces the construction of a Republic, marked by several wars, revolts and revolutions which will have profoundly marked it and by the emergence of the Chinese Communist Party and a society in full evolution.

WHAT DO I LEARN? Targeted RNCP skill blocks

  • Identification of a question within a disciplinary field
  • Analysis of a question by mobilizing disciplinary concepts
  • Use of data for analysis purposes

Other specific skills

Identify the main issues and key facts of each of the major historical periods studied;

Know some of the great names in Sinology and important discussions for understanding and the methodological approach to major events;

Represent China in time and space;

Write reasoned and problematized works using a rich and precise vocabulary in the field of human and social sciences and the historical, cultural and diplomatic particularities of China

Teaching methods

Synchronous remote

Assessment methods

Terminal control

Forecast timetable

UEO Planning Ancient China facing foreign powers: from the Opium Wars to the People's Republic of China – S2

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