EAST 310. Borderlands of Modern China

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EAST 310
Borderlands of Modern China
Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Investigation of the relationship of China to its frontiers from the Qing Dynasty to the present, examining the history and cultural and literary production of regions like Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, Xinjiang, southwestern China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as Chinese depictions of and approaches to these regions. Explores how China came to take its present geographical form while exploring questions of ethnicity, religion, language, and colonialism.
  • Recommended: EAST 211 or HIST 208 or HIST 218
  • Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EAST 303 when topic was "Borderlands of Modern China".

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