Syllabus

Course Code: HIS-E-4    Course Name: History of China in Modern Times

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Shaping Forces of Modern China: The Canton System of Trade; The Opium Wars; The Taiping Revolt; The Boxer Uprising
2 Intellectual Awakening and the Rise of Chinese Republic: Revolution and the Republic of 1911; Dr. Sun Yat Sen - Ideology and contributions; The May 4th Movement
3 Political Struggle and the Civil War: Rise of the Communist Party- Early Agenda and Initiatives, Relations with the Kuomintang; The Civil War and Communist Revolution 1945-1949; Causes of the Communist’s Success
4 Political Struggle and the Civil War: Rise of the Communist Party- Early Agenda and Initiatives, Relations with the Kuomintang; The Civil War and Communist Revolution 1945-1949; Causes of the Communist’s Success
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