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China's Geophysical Setting [note early starting-time of 09:00]

Cultural Values in East Asian Society

China's Intellectual Tradition:  Confucianism and "Legalism"

China's Intellectual Tradition:  Daoism and Buddhism

The "Unequal Treaty" System: China and the World to 1898

End of the Empire

"May Fourth":  The Evolving Link Between Politics and Literature

Continuities in China's Institutions (a century beyond the empire)

Religion in Today's China

The "Nanking Decade" and the "War of Resistance"

China's Artistic Heritage (visit to the Freer/Sackler galleries)

The Communists' Rise to Power

Festivals and the Passage of Time in Traditional China

Traditional Music of East Asia

Independent Study