Chinese Name: a In this course, each student will use a Chinese name. For those currently without Chinese name, a program accessible through the page at (http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html) can generate one for you. Students will be expected to write their Chinese names along with their English names on all of their assignments. Week 1 (Jan. 15-19) Mon.: No Class; Students should finish the following tasks: 1) Read the full syllabus closely; 2) Ensure your textbooks are in hands and start to do the readings. 3) write the think piece specified below. Think Piece: "What do you think when you think 'People's Republic of China'?” Please write 4-5 pages (double space and font 12) to discuss what come into your mind when you think about the People's Republic of China. The purpose of this assignment is to help the instructor and your classmates to learn about your background. No research is required. Please post it on D2L before the beginning of class on Jan 22. Tue.: Introduction to the course. Week 2 (Jan. 22-26) Mon.: Lecture: Birth of the People's Republic of China and Socialist Collectivization Readings: Spence, 460-9, 478-93. Tue.: Seminar Topic One: "People's Democratic Dictatorship!" Readings (Cheng, 350-7, 366-73): 1. "On the People's Democratic Dictatorship" 2. "The Sun Shines over the Sangan River" Week 3 (Jan. 29-Feb. 2 ) Mon.: Lecture "Hundred Flowers,” Anti-rightist Movement, and the "Great Leap Forward" First hour lecture, then watch: https://www.c-span.org/video/?297165-1/maos-great-famine [Mao's Great Famine, C-Span, Asia Society; 1.2 hours] Readings: Spence, 505-23, 529-34. Tue.: Seminar Topic Two: Anti-Rightist Movement and the “Three Red Flags" Readings [Cheng, 396-9, 404-411]: 1. Deng Xiaoping: The Anti-rightist Campaign, Sept. 23, 1957 2. "The Strength of the Masses Is Limitless, 1958” 3. "Hold High the Red Flag of People's Commune and March On, September 3, 1958" Week 4 (Feb. 5-9) Mon.: No meeting, watch Film Huozhe (To Live; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- s3u8bPZfLU) Tue.: Seminar Topic Three: To Live. Week 5 (Feb. 12-16) Mon.: Foreign Policy: From “Leaning toward One Side to Sino-Soviet Split” No meeting, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfq4V86dYq8 [Mao attends Stalin's 70th birthday celebration in 1949. 1.5 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHN9s71zHw 5 [Sino-Soviet Relations overview, part I, 9 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-_0KagqU0 [Sino-Soviet Relations overview, part 2, 9.5 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvohhM2bWg [CGTN, Enemy on the doorstep: China's involvement in the Korean War, 50 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViVGj58kt34&t=22s [Documentary of Korean War 1950-53, 48 minutes] Readings: Spence, 469-78, 493-505, 523-8. Tue.: MIDTERM Week 6 (Feb. 19-23) Study Week! Week 7 (Feb. 26-Mar. 1) Mon.: Socialist State Feminism and New Gender Relations No meeting, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK4IvLSFWL4 [1949 Asian Women's Conference, 1 hour] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcitVza922c [A Socialist Feminist Revolution in the Early People's Republic of China, 1.5 hours] Tue.: Seminar Topic Four: “Chinese People Stood Up!" and The New Marriage Law Readings [Cheng, 358-60, 381-5, 413-6; 360-366]: 1. Treaty with the Soviet Union, Feb. 1950 2. A-Bombs and Paper Tigers 3. "The Origin and Development of the Differences between the Leadership of the CPSU and Ourselves," Sept. 6, 1963 4. New Laws: Marriage and Divorce, May 1950 Week 8 (Mar. 4-8) Mon.: Overview of Cultural Revolution No meeting, watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHiDyNrZ1n4 [Mao and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1 hour and 24 minutes] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azBOK69FirU [How Tensions Grew Between Mao's China & Khrushchev's Soviet Union, 44 minutes] Readings: Spence, 535-63. Tue.: Seminar Topic Five: Mao's Role in the CR Readings [Cheng, 424-32]: 1. The Future Direction of the Cultural Revolution Week 9 (Mar. 11-15) Mon.: No meeting, watch: Documentary Morning Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qux1K5S8Mg) Readings: Spence, 565-86. Tue.: Seminar Topic Six: Morning Sun Week 10 (Mar. 18-22) Mon.: No meeting, watch: Musical The East Is Red (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5ssc0QvflKYWJI_bGMik4w The vide is in the middle of the page) Tue.: Seminar Topic Seven: The East Is Red. 6 Paper Due at the Beginning of Class Week 11 (Mar. 25-29) Mon.: Lecture: Reform and Open Door Policies Readings: Spence, 618-76. Tue.: Seminar Topic Eight: “To Get Rich is Glorious” and Fighting against the "Capitalist Spiritual Pollution" Readings [Cheng, 452-6, 467-70]: 1. "On a Village Market Street,” August 1980 2. Deng Liqun on Propaganda Week 12 (April 1-5) Mon.: Lecture: Tian'an Men Square Incident, Developments and Difficulties Afterwards Readings: Spence, 677-728. Tue.: Seminar Topic Nine: Testing the Limit: Between Students and the Government Readings [Cheng, 487-95, 500-6] 1. Demonstrations Following the Death of Hu Yaobang 2. "Open Declaration of A Hunger Strike” 3. Deng Xiaoping's Explanation of the Crackdown, June 9, 1989 Week 13 (April 8-12) Mon.: Q and A for the final. Tue.: No class; Study for the final. The syllabus is subject to changes. 7 Research Paper Assignment Starting Early Is the Key for You to Write A Good Paper It counts for 30% of your final grade.) Deadlines and marks: The essay assignment is given out at the first day of the class. You are strongly recommended to start from the very beginning of the semester. A deadline is a deadline. Paper later than FIVE days will not be accepted, late in five days will lose 5% points for every day it is late—including weekends. These days are assumed to end at 11:59 p.m. This can make a big dent in the mark you receive! Yuan-tsung Chen's memoir The Secret Listener: An Ingenue in Mao's Court narrates her experience in China's long twentieth century, particularly the Maoist years. [One of the five figures covered in my book Arise, Africa! Roar, China! Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century, Sylvia Si-lan Chen, was a sister- in-law of Yuan-tsung Chen.] Your paper should discuss how and why Chen's personal experience deepens your understanding of the historical events covered in this course. Please include at least 4 secondary sources (historical monographs and articles) to help you frame your arguments. You can use General textbooks, lecture notes, book reviews, dictionaries, and encyclopaedias as references, but do not cite them and they do not count toward the minimum number of sources in your bibliography. ABSOLUTELY NO NON-PEER-REVIEWED INTERNET SOURCES!!! Scholarly sources in digital format are legitimate. Please consult with me or a reference librarian if you need clarification. Reference librarians in the library are there to help you with finding proper sources. Do not forget to use the inter-library loan service of the library. Make a SPECIFIC argument (not to summarize the book or course materials) by citing evidence (from Chen's book and course materials). The first paragraph should set out your specific thesis, and the rest of the paper should support it by citing and discussing (rather than simply summarizing) specific incidents (give page numbers in the style shown below): what happens, what it shows, and how this supports your thesis. Do not use quotation unless there is a real reason for reproducing the author's exact words. When you cite other readings, use the same citing style. Historical information from lecture may be considered common knowledge and does not need to be footnoted (but be sure you get your information right.) You are required to attach a separate page of bibliography at the very end of your paper. Please see below for the style of bibliography entries, or you can check any history book for reference. The finished paper should be at least 2,500 words (roughly 8 to 9 pages long, double-spaced [3 lines to an inch], with 1 to 1.5 inch margins. Be sure to calculate the number of words to meet the minimum requirement). Please do not forget a title which matches the content of your paper, your name, the date, and page numbers (a title page is not necessary). 8 Hints on writing: 1. The assignment is not a book review. Rather than the focus of the paper, The Secret Listener is to offer evidence for your arguments. 2. Your paper should include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion: Avoid a global statement such as “In history, humans are always directed by their values, beliefs, and cultures," at the very beginning. Rather, get to your generalization/thesis directly in your opening paragraph, which should not include introduction or review of The Secret Listener. In the body of your paper, you should analyze your incidents from the reading rather than summarize them. The sub-themes produced from analyzing the incidents should be well organized according to their relationships to your generalization/theme organize (do not wander off the subject), in order to make your argument clear and convincing; there should be clear connections among the sub-themes. In conclusion, avoid comprehensive summary and new ideas; rather, highlight the most important points. 2. Do not use jargon or vague and general terms without clear definition and definite meanings such as "the Feudal China,” and “the Confucianism” etc. (You can use them, but you have to specify the exact meanings.) 3. Before starting to write, take time to think through what you want to say and how to organize it. You may want to make a short outline. Write the first draft as quickly as you can, all the way through, so as to maintain the flow of thought; skip something rather than let yourself get bogged down. When it is all written, then go back and revise, revise, revise (the secret), several times, changing each sentence to put your ideas more clearly. After the first draft, start printing out drafts (we can see better on paper). Work particularly on the first part, the mot important and always the weakest (even experienced writers need to warm up). Reading your paper aloud, perhaps to a friend, is often helpful. If you have the time to set it aside for a day or two, you will find fresh ways to improve it. When you refer to (or quote) evidence from the readings, please give page numbers in the following footnote form. (The first citation of a work should be in full form; subsequent citations are shortened.) Please use footnote form of citing style [PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO SYNTAX, which you can check in any history book]: Footnote Style: At the bottom of the page. The first citation of a work should be in full form, subsequent citations are shortened. For example: 1. Yuan-tsung Chen, The Secret Listener: An Ingenue in Mao's Court, London: Oxford University Press, 2022, 34-37. 2. Chen, 38. Bibliography Style: Chen, Yuan-tsung Chen. The Secret Listener: An Ingenue in Mao's Court. London: Oxford University Press, 2022. 9/n

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