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UNIT 1: DOUBLE CRISIS THAT CONSUMED THE QING EMPIRE...........................................................0
UNIT 2: RESTORATION AND REFORM................................................................................................1
VIDEO 1: INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................1
SELF-STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT.................................................................................................................1
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.........................................................................................................................2
MILITARY...................................................................................................................................................2
ZHANG ZHIDONG (张之东).........................................................................................................................2
VIDEO 2 & 3......................................................................................................................................3
CONCEPTS.................................................................................................................................................3
100 DAYS REFORM (1898)..........................................................................................................................3
KANG YOUWEI (1858-1927).......................................................................................................................4
TIMELINE 2.2 & 2.3....................................................................................................................................6
UNIT 3) THE XINHAI REVOLUTION 辛亥革命.....................................................................................6
VIDEO 1) INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................6
CONCEPTS.................................................................................................................................................6
IMPORTANT KEY-ACTORS..............................................................................................................................6
1911 REVOLUTION 辛亥革命.....................................................................................................................7
VIDEO 2: CAUSES REVOLUTION & OVERTHROWING OF THE QING-STATE...........................................................7
CONCEPTS.................................................................................................................................................7
IMPORTANT KEY-ACTORS..............................................................................................................................7
THE BOXER UPRISING & ANTI-FOREIGN ATTITUDE.............................................................................................8
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMERS & ANTI-CHAIN REVOLUTIONARIES..........................................................................9
RAILWAY PROTECTION MOVEMENT (JUNE 1911)...........................................................................................11
TIMELINE 3.1 & 3.2..................................................................................................................................11
VIDEO 3: CONSEQUENCES REVOLUTION...................................................................................................12
CONCEPTS................................................................................................................................................12
IMPORTANT KEY-ACTORS............................................................................................................................12
YUAN SHIKAI: MODERNIZING REFORMS (1912-1916).....................................................................................12
THE FRAGMENTED CHINESE-STATE (1916-1927)...........................................................................................13
TIME LINE 3.3..........................................................................................................................................14
UNIT 4: MAY 4TH MOVEMENT..........................................................................................................14
VIDEO 1) INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................14
CONCEPTS................................................................................................................................................14
IMAGINED COMMUNITIES............................................................................................................................15
VIDEO 2) THE MAY 4TH MOVEMENT & LU XUN........................................................................................17
THE MAY 4TH MOVEMENT...........................................................................................................................17
CHINESE NATIONALISM BEFORE MAY 4TH.......................................................................................................17
FEAR AND NATIONALISM.............................................................................................................................18
TREATY OF VERSAILLES 1919......................................................................................................................18
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DEVELOPING MAY 4TH MOVEMENT...............................................................................................................19
UNIT 5: THE NATIONALISTS’ RISE TO POWER...................................................................................20
VIDEO 1) INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................20
RIVALRY..................................................................................................................................................21
VIDEO 2).........................................................................................................................................21
VIDEO 3).........................................................................................................................................27
REVIEW...................................................................................................................................................32
UNIT 6: THE RISE OF MAO IN THE CCP.............................................................................................32
VIDEO 1) INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................32
VIDEO 1) JAPANESE IMPERIALISM IN CHINA.............................................................................................33
CONCEPTS................................................................................................................................................33
IMPORTANT KEY-ACTORS............................................................................................................................33
TIMELINE.................................................................................................................................................36
VIDEO 3) THE RISE OF MAO IN THE CCP (1937-1945)..............................................................................36
CONCEPTS................................................................................................................................................36
IMPORTANT KEY-ACTORS............................................................................................................................37
TRANSLATION LIST.....................................................................................................................................37
TIMELINE.................................................................................................................................................39
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, Unit 1: Double crisis that consumed the Qing Empire.
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