Week 9

Lecture: Re-envisioning China

• READ:  Chapter 24 – Remaking China (1900 – 1927) to answer DQ #8
• DQ #8 is Due.
• Discuss China (1900-1927).

• Summary #10: Selected Stories of Lu Hsun is Due.
• Summary #11: Prince Konoe’s address is Due.

DQ #8

Why wasn’t the Manchu Dynasty unable to survive?  Who overthrew it and why?  What forms did Chinese nationalism take at this time?  Why was Chinese nationalism so often “anti-Chinese?”  How did Chinese revolutionaries envision China’s future?  Who was Lu Hsun (Xun) and why is he considered the father of modern Chinese literature?

Remaking China