- Footnotes and why
- Jan. 18: Intro and orientation
- Jan. 20: Modernity and China
- Jan. 25: Manchu conquest
- Jan. 27: Manchu conquest/early Qing continued
- Feb. 3: High Qing
- Feb. 17: Late Qing
- Feb. 22: What can I do with a Bergbuilds Domain
- Feb. 24: Boxer rebellion
- March 1: End of Empire
- March 3: a new Republic
- March 8: Nationalists in power?
- March 10: Communist survival
- March 22: WWII
- March 24: Civil war (against WWII background)
- March 29: Founding the PRC
- March 31: Korean War and Dissidents
- April 5: Great Leap Forward and Great Famine
- April 12: Cultural Revolution
- April 14: Mr. Nixon goes to China
- April 19: Opening up after Mao
- April 21: 1980s and Tian’anmen
- April 28: Environment
- May 3: Internet; semester overview