CHINA’S MODERN HISTORY
Yulia Göbel, 2023
Leiden University
Dr. Limin Teh
,Table of Contents
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
, Modern history video lectures
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
Page 1 of 44
, Unit 1: Double crisis that consumed the Qing Empire.
Foreign religious ideas provided the Taiping rebels with an alternate
source of the summation. Though, it wasn’t just because of the foreign
ideas. Increasing numbers of the trip members of the middle class were
Yulia Göbel, 2023
Leiden University
Dr. Limin Teh
,Table of Contents
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
, Modern history video lectures
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
Page 1 of 44
, Unit 1: Double crisis that consumed the Qing Empire.
Foreign religious ideas provided the Taiping rebels with an alternate
source of the summation. Though, it wasn’t just because of the foreign
ideas. Increasing numbers of the trip members of the middle class were
