Daily Life in China: Yesterday and Today
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A 5 page paper which discusses daily life in China in the past, and then discusses daily life in China today. In presenting this discussion, the paper illustrates the changes that have occurred in China in the past century. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAchnlfe.wps

David Christian’s Article on Trans-Civilization/Trans-Ecological Routes
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A 2 page overview of the article published in the Journal of World History. Notes that this article is far more than just another history article. Emphasizes that instead it is an observation of the ecological destruction which went hand in hand with silk roads, that series of trade routes linking China, Europe and Africa. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPslkRd2.wps

Democracy in China
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This 8 page paper how the Chinese have interpreted the concept of democracy and to what extent we may see it reflected in their political frameworks as well how the idea has influenced and shaped the opposition in China. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEchinad.wps

Deng Xiaoping and Economic Liberalization
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This 7 page paper considers the economic reforms of Chinese premier Deng Xiaoping from an International Political Economics viewpoint, and argues that Deng liberalized Chinese economic policies because he knew it would be good for the country, but at the same time, retained strict communist control in order to create a Chinese hegemony in the region. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: HVDngEcn.rtf

Depictions of Women in Chinese Cinematography
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An 8 page observation that, like elsewhere in the world, women have not always been portrayed in a positive light by Chinese cinema. Depictions of the past have in many ways served to keep women in a subservient role to men, a subservience which has indeed been a very real part of womanhood in China. Fortunately Chinese cinema is slowly moving away from the demeaning depictions of women and toward depictions which have to potential to illuminate the real value of Chinese women to Chinese, and indeed the world, society. Contemporary depictions of women vary tremendously, however, in the accuracy of their detailing the positive role of women in Chinese society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPchnFlm.rtf

Determining the Course of History in 19th Century China & Japan
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A 5 page paper which examines what determined the course of histories in China and Japan during the 19th century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TG19chja.wps

Development of Buddhism
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An 8 page paper which examines the development of Buddhism in China. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAcbud.rtf

Dictatorships
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A six page paper which considers some of the reasons which state dictatorships do not succeed, with particular reference to the Maoist regime in China. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLmaodict.rtf

Did the Song Dynasty in China Stagnate?
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This 7 page paper looks at the rise and fall of the Song dynasty in China between 960 and 1279. The paper look at the developments and how these may have lead to stagnation. Discussion includes both the northern and the southern dynasties. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEsongch.wps

Diplomatic Relations Between China and Japan, 1895 to 1945
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This 5 page paper considers the diplomatic relations between China and Japan between 1895 and 1945, and considers how these two countries came into conflict even though the relations initially were friendly. This paper integrates a view of modernization and the associations in both Japan and China as they defined changing perspectives within each of these two countries. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHJapCh2.rtf