H567: China in Revolution Office: Arts & Letters 538 Spring 2013 T/Th. 12:30-1:45pm Room: SSW 2501 Professor: Dr. Kate Edgerton-Tarpley Office Hrs: M 2:30-3:30pm; Th. 2:15-4:15pm E-mail: edgerton@mail.sdsu.edu Office Phone: (619) 594-6985 China In Revolution Course Description: This course aims to engage students in an intense inquiry into the principal themes and issues in China’s tumultuous nineteenth and twentieth century history. For more than a century, Chinese women and men have been asking how much of their “traditional” culture must be sacrificed to enable China to survive in the “modern” world. This course explores foundational aspects of late imperial China and traces its collapse under the pressures of internal revolution and external attack. After exploring the origins and impact of the Chinese Revolution, the course concludes with an examination of China’s increasingly predominant role in the twenty-first century world. Learning Goals -- Both individually and as a class, students will: 1. Familiarize themselves with Chinese geography and pronunciation. 2. Identify foundational aspects of the society and government of late imperial China. 3. Evaluate scholarly perspectives on what factors led to the collapse of imperial China. 4. Compare and contrast the different methods advocated by Chinese elites desperate to strengthen China and save the country from falling under Western or Japanese rule. 5. Analyze the complex relationship between the “liberation” of Chinese women and the “liberation” of the Chinese nation itself. 6. Identify, and evaluate the importance of, key internal and external factors that led to defeat for the Chinese Nationalists and victory for the Chinese Communists by 1949. 7. Analyze how the “Great Chinese Revolution” has influenced the everyday lives of Chinese women, men, and children in both rural and urban China. 8. Weigh the successes and failures of China’s late twentieth-century “reform and opening” policies. 9. Examine how China’s rising economic, political, and military clout impacts East Asia, the United States, and the wider twenty-first-century world. Skill Objectives: In addition to addressing these topics, this course seeks to sharpen your skills in critical thinking, analytical writing, historical research, and historiographical debate by asking you to lead class discussions, prepare short analytical essays, and research and write a term paper. Your active participation in class discussions and your writing style and organization are important factors in determining your success in this course. Moreover, the ability to organize your thoughts and your writing in order to make thoughtful and convincing arguments about new information will serve you well for the rest of your life – both in college and in whatever career you choose to pursue. 1 H567 Course Requirements (For Undergraduates – Graduate students see supplement): - Attendance and Participation 10% - Quizzes (Map & Reading) 15% - Take-Home Paper I 15% - Take-Home Paper II 15% - Wild Swans Analysis Paper - China in the Media Presentation - Final Exam 20% 10% 15% 1. Class Participation (10% of grade): - Regular attendance is vital -- you cannot engage in course discussions if you are not present. I will pass around a written register of attendance at the beginning of class each day. Your class participation grade will drop by one full grade for every class that you miss after your third unexcused absence. This means that 4 unexcused absences will lower your class participation grade to an 80%, 5 to a 70%, and so on. - Active and informed participation in class discussions and debates: Discussion and analysis of course readings is a crucial part of this course. We will spend the second half of one class session per week discussing or debating the non-textbook readings assigned for that week. To receive credit for participation, you must bring the assigned reading to class for each discussion and contribute constructively on a regular basis. I will call on you at random during discussions in order to ensure that everyone gets a chance to participate, so please come prepared to respond. - Make-up Activities: You may attend up to 2 out-of-class activities concerning China or Taiwan in order to make up for 1 missed or failed reading quiz and 1 unexcused absence. These might include China-related lectures or films, a trip to a Chinese art exhibition, etc. I will announce relevant activities in class as I learn of them. To receive make-up credit, your write-ups must be typed, must relate the activity you attended to at least one theme introduced in History 567, and must be submitted on or before the last day of class. 2. Quizzes (Map & Reading) – (15% of grade): a. Map Quiz (5%): In order to study the history of China effectively, you need to know where China’s provinces, key cities, and natural features are in relation to each other. The map quiz will be given at the beginning of class on Tuesday, February 5th. A study guide will be given out one week in advance. There will be no make-up for the Map Quiz unless you contact me before the quiz with a documented reason (illness or emergency) why you are unable to be present to take it as scheduled. b. Reading Quizzes (10%): To encourage lively class discussions and help everyone keep up with the assigned readings, I will often give short unannounced reading quizzes at the beginning of class on discussion days. No make-ups will be given for missed reading quizzes. I will, however, drop your lowest score. You can also make up for one missed or failed reading quiz by submitting a Make-up Activity write-up. 3. Take-Home Paper I (15% of grade): In this 6-7 page paper you will identify beliefs, institutions, and world views that were particularly crucial for defining Chinese identity in the late imperial era, and then draw on evidence from course readings and lectures to analyze how those factors shaped the daily lives of Chinese women and men. This paper is due at the beginning of class on 2 Tuesday, February 12th. Late papers will not be accepted without written documentation of a genuine emergency. - Your paper should be no less than 6 full pages and no more than 7 full pages in length, double-spaced and typed in 11 or 12 point font with 1 inch to 1 and ½ inch margins. - To receive full credit you must make extensive use of several different readings assigned for this unit of the course. - Papers will be graded down for poor grammar and spelling, so please proofread. - This paper must be based entirely on in-class sources. No credit will be given for papers drawn from outside or internet sources. - You are required to cite your sources after every direct quote AND after every paragraph of information. Use full Chicago-style footnotes for all citations. - *For detailed guidance on how to write a history paper and for specific examples of the proper use of Chicago style footnotes, please see the Writing Guides listed on the SDSU History Department’s website, found at: http://www rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/histweb/index.htm (Click on “Writing Guides” and then “Chicago Format for Citations”) - For additional examples of Chicago Style, consult the SDSU Library’s guidelines on Chicago style. http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/styles/chicago_style.shtml 3. Take-Home Paper II (15% of grade): In this 6-7 page paper you will draw on course readings, lectures and film clips to tackle the important question of why the Chinese Nationalists lost and the Chinese Communists won the bitter struggle to define and control a new China. This paper is due at the beginning of class on Thursday, March 21st. See the guidelines for the first paper for details on format, citations, & late papers. 4. Wild Swans Analysis Paper (20% of grade): This 7-8 page paper asks you to analyze what Jung Chang’s book Wild Swans, as well as other in-class readings on the topic you select, teaches us about one particular facet of China’s tumultuous mid-twentieth-century history. I will provide a list of possible topics you may choose to focus your analysis on. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, April 16th. It should be 7-8 pages in length, double-spaced and typed. To receive full credit your analysis must draw relevant examples from several different sections of the Wild Thorns, as well as from at least 2 other course readings relevant to your topic. I suggest that you mine the SCH sourcebook for additional primary sources concerning the topic you selected. See the guidelines for the first paper for information on format, citations, and late papers. 5. China in the Media Small-Group Presentation (10% of grade): Early in the semester each of you will join a small group that will be responsible for collecting newspaper and journal articles on one particular “hot topic” regarding contemporary China. Be sure to use relevant sections of Shirk, Schoppa, or Atwill & Atwill for background and context. On 4/30 or 5/2, you and the other classmates in your group will present your findings to the class. In addition to summarizing and critiquing recent media discussions of your particular topic, your presentation should analyze how 3 discussions of that topic might change if examined in light of China’s 19th and 20th century history. Each presentation must include visual or audio aids. 7. Final Exam (15% of grade): The final will be held on Thursday, May 16th from 10:30am to 12:30pm in our classroom. It will be part short identification and part essay in format. PLAGIARISM POLICY: Students who cheat or plagiarize on any paper or exam will receive a zero on that assignment, and I will formally document the incident in an Academic Dishonesty Incident Report. Academic integrity is expected of every student. Students must not plagiarize the work of others. This means that if you quote from any work (including internet sites), you must put quotation marks around that material, and you must cite it in a footnote. Plagiarism also includes using someone else’s phrases, strings of words, special terms, or ideas and interpretations without citing your source, even if you have not quoted directly from that source. In short, you must give credit where it is due. If you have doubts, feel free to come and ask me, or check the SDSU General Catalogue for more information. Course Readings: Books to Purchase: The following books have been ordered from KB Books and Aztec. I urge you to purchase all of these books because they are crucial for class discussions and assignments. If you are unable to purchase them, you will find one copy of each book on reserve at the library. 1. R. Keith Schoppa. Revolution and Its Past: Identities and Change in Modern Chinese History. Prentice Hall, 2002, 2006, or 2010 (1st, 2nd, and 3rd editions are all acceptable). 2. David Atwill and Yurong Atwill, eds. Sources in Chinese History: Diverse Perspectives from 1644 to the Present. Prentice Hall, 2010. (SCH) 3. Henrietta Harrison. The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man’s Life in A North China Village, 1857-1942. Stanford University Press, 2001. 4. Jung Chang. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China. Anchor Books, 1992. 5. Susan Shirk. China: Fragile Superpower. Oxford University Press, 2007. 6. Blackboard (BB): Additional required readings will be posted on Blackboard. COURSE OUTLINE Date: Topic & Assignment: LATE IMPERIAL CHINA AND ITS DISCONTENTS Week 1: Jan. 17 Introductions; Film As Text: Changing Chinese views of the Chinese past 4 Week 2: The Lay of the Land Jan. 22 Discussion: Disparate Understandings of “Revolution/Geming” (Liu) The Basics: Mapping China; Pinyin pronunciation guide Reading: Blackboard (BB): Liu Xiaobo, “That Holy Word, Revolution,” pp. 309-323. Jan. 24 Government and Empire in Qing China Reading: Schoppa chap. 1-2; Sources in Chinese History (SCH), documents 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5 (Manchu and Han; rise of Qing – pp. 5-11); SCH, documents 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 (Civil services exams – pp. 123-128). Week 3: Decline Sets In: 1800-1865 Jan. 29 Family and Gender in Late-Qing China Discussion (of 1/24 and 1/29 non-textbook readings) – Daily life in lateQing Shanxi: The case of Liu Dapeng as observer, scholar, and filial son Reading: Harrison, The Man Awakened from Dreams, pp. 1-82; SCH, docs. 6.8, 6.9, 6.10 (Women’s education & marriage – pp. 134-139) Jan. 31 Week 4: *Feb. 5 Feb. 7 The External Crisis: Imperialism and the Opium War Reading: Schoppa ch. 3; SCH, Visual Sources (pp. 22-23) & docs. 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12 (Opium & the Opium War -- pp. 28-45). - Video clip: The Two Coasts of China Map Quiz at beginning of class. The Crisis Within: Mid-Century Rebellions Reading: Schoppa ch. 4; SCH, Visual Source (pp. 46-47), & docs. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (Taiping Rebellion – pp. 49-58); BB, Zeng Guofan, “A Proclamation Against Bandits,” pp. 146-149 (Qing responses to Taiping) Early Impact of Imperialism: The beginning of semi-colonialism in China Discussion: Why such decline? Weighing internal versus external factors Reading: Review SCH, BB, & Schoppa readings for discussion. TO SAVE CHINA, 1865-1911 Week 5: Ti-Yong *Feb. 12 Take-Home Paper I due at beginning of class The Self-Strengthening Movement and Its Conservative Opponents Reading: Schoppa ch. 5; SCH, docs. 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 (Three selfstrengtheners and one opponent, pp. 64-69). Feb. 14 “Confucius as a Reformer?” Elite Responses to the Nightmare Nineties Reading: Schoppa ch. 6 (up to Boxers); SCH docs. 5.1, 5.2; BB: Kang Youwei, pp. 260, 266-267; Liang Qichao, pp. 287-291; Conservative Reactions, pp. 273-280. Discussion: Conservatives versus Reformers 5 Week 6: Talking About Revolution Feb. 19 The Boxer Rebellion: Commoner Responses Reading: Schoppa ch. 6 (Boxers); SCH, Visual Source (p. 96-97) & docs. 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8 (Boxers – pp. 104-110); Harrison pp. 83-93. Feb. 21 Revolutionary Manchus and Anti-Manchu Revolutionaries Reading: Schoppa ch. 7; SCH docs. 5.11, 5.12, 6.11 (Revolutionaries Sun ,Wang, & Qiu Jin, pp. 115-119; 140-141); BB, Zou Rong, 197-202. Debate: How best to save China? THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA, 1912-1949 Week 7: Perspectives on the Republican Revolution Feb. 26 How Revolutionary was the 1911 Revolution? Reading: Schoppa, ch. 8; Harrison chapters 4, 5, 6 (pp. 93-158). Feb. 28 May 4th and the New Culture Movement Reading: Schoppa, ch. 9; SCH docs. 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13 (May 4th mov., pp. 162-171); BB: Lu Xun, “A Madman’s Diary,” pp. 1-11. - Film clip: Writers and Revolutionaries (Lu Xun). Week 8: Competing Visions for Modern China March 5 The Nationalist vision and the Nanjing Decade Reading: Schoppa ch. 10 & 11; SCH docs. 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 (GMD in 1920s and 1930s, pp. 183-189; 207-213). March 7 Mao Zedong and the Communist Vision Reading: Schoppa ch. 12; SCH docs. 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.8, 9.10 (CCP in 1920s and 30s, pp. 178-182; 213-219). Discussion: Which vision would you have supported in 1936? Week 9: War and More War March 12 Japanese Imperialism and the Road to War Reading: Schoppa ch.13; Harrison Epilogue (pp. 159-170); Jung Chang, Wild Swans, ch. 1-2. March 14 World War II in China: The Root of Sino-Japanese Bitterness and Nationalist defeat? Reading: Schoppa ch. 14; Chang, ch. 3-4; SCH doc. 10.1 (Nanjing). - Video clips: Red Sorghum; Nanjing: City of Life and Death Week 10: Communist Victory; Nationalist Defeat March 19 Debate: GMD versus CCP; The Civil War Reading: Schoppa, ch. 15; Chang, ch. 5-7 (pp. 94-150), SCH docs. 10.8, 10.9 (GMD road to defeat, pp. 238-242). 6 *March 21 Take-Home Paper II due at beginning of class; Introduction to the Mao-era: History Through Film -- To Live Reading: Chang ch. 8 MAO’S CHINA: 1949-1976 Week 11: Red Versus Expert in New Revolutionary China March 26 Early Signs of Hope and Trouble in the PRC Reading: Schoppa, ch. 16; Chang, ch. 9-10 (pp. 170-203); SCH docs. 11.1, 11.3, 11.5 (Victory, U.S. Imperialism, & the new Marriage Law). March 28 The Great Leap and the Worst Famine in World History Reading: Schoppa, ch.17; SCH docs. 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10 (GLF); Chang, ch. 11-12 (pp. 204-239). Discussion: The appeal and terror of radical revolution SPRING BREAK (April 1-5) *Read as much as possible of Wild Swans over the break, and select a topic for the Wild Swans Analysis paper. At minimum, read Chang ch. 13-14. Week 12: Revolutionary Excesses April 9 The Cultural Revolution Reading: Schoppa, ch. 18; Chang, chapters 15-25 (pp. 273-457) - Video-clip: Red Guards (China Rising). *April 11 Graduate student term paper proposals due at beginning of class Revolutionary Extremism Reading: Finish Chang; BB: Chen Jo-hsi, Introduction and “Chairman Mao is a Rotten Egg,” pp. xiii-xiv, 37-66. Discussion: Making sense of the Cultural Revolution CONTEMPORARY CHINA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Week 13: Reform and Opening Under Deng Xiaoping *April 16 Wild Swans Analysis paper due at beginning of class; Dealing with Mao’s Unquiet Ghost; Deng’s Reform and Opening Policies Reading: Schoppa ch. 19 (1st & 2nd editions - up to “Political Authoritarianism”; 3rd edition – up to pg. 372); Shirk’s China: Fragile Superpower, chapters 1-2, SCH docs. 13.3, 13.5. April 18 Social and Economic Consequences of Reform Reading: Schoppa (1st & 2nd editions – ch. 20 up to “Nationalism & International Relations OR 3rd edition – ch. 19 pp. 372-388); SCH docs. 14.7,14.8, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8, 15.9, 15.10 (One Child Policy, Three Gorges Dam, sex and sex ratio imbalance, urban youth, pp. 336-339; 360-367) - Video-clip: China’s Only Child Discussion: Impact of reform on Chinese families, workers, demographics, and environment. 7 Week 14: Democracy Movements, Human Rights, and International Relations April 23 Demanding a “5th Modernization:” The 1989 Tiananmen Square Movement and its Aftermath Schoppa (1st & 2nd editions, ch. 19, “Political Authoritarianism” to end & Epilogue; OR 3rd edition, ch. 20 pp. 390-402, and Epilogue); SCH docs. 14.4, 14.5, 14.6 (Tiananmen, pp. 329-336); Shirk ch. 3. - Video clip: The Gate of Heavenly Peace April 25 China on the World Stage Schoppa (2nd & 3rd editions, ch. 20 from “Nationalism & International Relations to end OR 1st edition, ch. 21); Shirk chapters 4-5 (pp. 79-139) Discussion: Successes and failures of the Reform Era Week 15: Current Hotspots April 30 China in the Media Group Presentations: Topics 1-5 Shirk chapters 6-7; Schoppa ch. 21(2nd & 3rd editions; ch. 23 in 1st edition) May 2 China in the Media Group Presentations: Topics 6-10 Shirk ch. 8 Week 16: Sharing the World Stage: Sino-U.S. Relations today *May 7 Graduate student term papers due at beginning of class Twenty-first century Superpowers? Reading: Shirk ch. 9; BB: Wasserstrom, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know, pp. 103-135. Discussion: How to build better Sino-U.S. relations * The FINAL EXAM will be held in our classroom on Thursday, May 16th from 10:30am to 12:30pm. *Graduate students see supplementary assignments below 8 H 567: CHINA IN REVOLUTION SUPPLEMENTARY ASSIGNMENTS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS As graduate students, you are required to complete additional work in order to receive credit for this course. In addition to all of the assignments required of undergraduate students, you will also submit a formal paper proposal and a 10-page term paper based primarily on out-of-class readings. Course Requirements for Graduate Students (115% total): - Attendance and Participation 10% - Wild Swans Analysis Paper 15% - Quizzes (Map & Reading) 15% - China in the Media Presentation 10% - Take-Home Paper I 15% - Final Exam 15% - Take-Home Paper II 15% - Paper Proposal and Term Paper 20% (5% for proposal; 15% for paper) Term Paper Guidelines: TOPIC: Your 9-11 page term paper gives you the opportunity to select a topic in modern Chinese history (1800-2009) of interest to you and study it in more analytical depth than is possible in an upper-level survey. Rather than simply reporting facts, your paper should grapple with an interesting historical problem. Therefore, after selecting a topic that interests you, you must raise a HISTORICAL QUESTION that will help you narrow the scope of your research. A historical question should be concerned with cause and effect, comparison, evidence, interpretation, significance, or bias. Focusing your research on a good historical question will help you to search, question, and analyze. SAMPLE TOPICS AND HISTORICAL QUESTIONS: 1. Topic: Chinese views of the Opium War. Questions: What were the main arguments for and against the legalization of the opium trade in the 1830s? Why did the Emperor eventually decide to ban rather than legalize the trade? 2. Topic: Women in the Taiping Rebellion. Question: What role were women given in the Taiping rebellion, and how did the Taiping view of women impact the conservative response to Taiping ideology? 3. Topic: Origin of the Boxer uprising. Question: Why did so many Chinese peasants choose to join the Boxer rebels in 1899 and 1900? 4. Topic: Early labor union organizing. Question: How did communist labor organizers win the support of so many female factory workers in Chinese cities? 5. Topic: Life in Shanghai, 1920s-1940s. Question: What kinds of difficulties did Shanghai residents face during this time period, and why did so many Shanghai residents eventually abandon the GMD? 6. Topic: The experience of Chinese Christians in China from 1900 to 1949, or since 1949. Questions: Which groups in Chinese society were most likely to become Christian, and why was that the case? To what extent did the Communist victory in 1949 weaken Chinese churches, and to what extent did it “liberate” Chinese churches from dependence on Western churches and missionaries? 7. Topic: Guerrilla warfare under Zhu De, Lin Biao, and Mao. Question: What types of tactics were used by communist guerrillas, and why were those tactics so effective? 8. Topic: Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. Question: Why did so many Chinese youths join the Red Guards and attack their parents and teachers during the Cultural 9 Revolution? How can we explain the destructive behavior of many Red Guards during the 1960s and 70s? Question 2: To what extent did memories of Red Guard behavior in the 1960s impact the Chinese government’s response to the student protests of 1989? 9. Topic: The One-child Policy. Question: How has the One-Child policy impacted Chinese women in rural China? In urban China? Evaluate the positive and negative impacts of this policy on Chinese families. 10. Topic: Student Movements (May 4th and 1989). Question: To what extent did Chinese students in 1989 borrow from the experiences of earlier student protestors, and to what extent was 1989 a new kind of student movement? INSTRUCTIONS: The Proposal: (5%) Your 1-2 page typed paper proposal is due in class on Thursday, April 11th. You are required to meet with me during office hours to discuss your topic and sources before submitting your proposal. Your proposal should include the following: 1. An introductory paragraph in which you identify your topic AND your particular historical question (or questions), and explain why you selected that topic and question. 2. A list of at least 2 in-class sources that you plan to use for background. Be sure to cite the specific chapters, documents, or page numbers in Schoppa, Harrison, Chang, Shirk, or SCH that you intend to use. 3. A list of at least 6 out-of-class primary and secondary sources you plan to use. Be sure to list your sources in alphabetical order according to the author’s last name, and to include full bibliographic information (author’s full name, full title in italics, place of publication, publisher, and date of publication) for each source. Avoid out-of-date secondary sources. The Paper: (15%) Your term paper is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, May 7th (the last day of class). The body of the paper should be 9-11 pages long, double-spaced, and typed in 11 or 12 point font with with 1-inch to 1½-inch margins. - Your title page should include the title of your paper and your historical question. - Your paper must include a formal bibliography listing all the sources you used in your paper. Follow Chicago-style for your bibliography. - Use Chicago-style footnotes to document your sources in the paper itself. - Please attach your accepted paper proposal to your completed paper when you hand it in. - Late papers will not be accepted without written documentation of a genuine emergency. - Papers will be graded down for poor grammar and spelling, so please proofread. SOURCES: You should base your research on roughly 5 out-of-class books, 7 journal articles, or a combination of the two. You also must draw on a minimum of 2 in-class sources for background. You may include one reputable internet source, but the bulk of your sources must consist of primary sources, scholarly books, or journal articles. - Useful primary sources in translation include Red Guard memoirs, newspaper articles, government documents, missionary memoirs, translations of the speeches of Chinese leaders, etc. - Top journals in the field include: Late Imperial China, Modern China, The China Quarterly, the Journal of Asian Studies, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, T’ung Pao, and East Asian History. - To find good scholarly journal articles on your topic, click on “Article Databases” on the SDSU library website. Browse through issues of a particular journal, or search the BAS Online (Bibliography of Asian Studies Online) and JSTOR, among other sites, for articles on your topic. - The North China Herald, an English-language newspaper published by British editors in Shanghai, is an excellent primary source for those of you interested in events that occurred between 1850 and 1950 in China. The SDSU library has the Herald on microfilm. END 10