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and economy. The course will conclude with an open forum on selected current issues with
significant impact on the present world scene, with particular reference to their historical roots
and global implications.

HIST 380 Work Placement
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course offers students a challenging learning experience that combines stated
pedagogical goals with real-world practices in an authentic organizational context. It enables
students to benefit the organizations concerned with their historical wisdoms. It equips students
with the transferrable skills for a wide range of careers, including education, editing and
publishing, public administration, public relations, media, tourism, historical and cultural affairs.

HIST 410 History of the Republican China
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course covers the setting up, development and fall of the Nationalist Government in
Mainland China from 1912 to 1949. Discussions will include main events and metamorphosis
of Chinese politics, economy, diplomacy and military affairs, etc, their causes and impacts. In
particular, the subject will examine in depth the Chinese experience in establishing a
democratic-republican polity and the party and state systems which eventually appeared.

HIST 411 China since 1949
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course is about the historical development of the People’s Republic of China since
1949. It examines the changes and challenges brought by historical transformations and
political conflicts. The course also analyses their political, economic, diplomatic and military
impacts and implications on future development in China.

HIST 430 Study of Chinese Historical Texts: Shiji and Zizhitongjian
1 Term; 3 Credits
This is a course on the in-depth study of two seminal Chinese historical texts ‒ Shi Ji ( 史
記 ) and Zizhi Tongjian ( 資治通鑑 ). It deepens students’ understanding of the Chinese
historical tradition taught in Years 2 and 3 through examining the circumstances against which
these two historical works were written, the various annotations and interpretations that other
Chinese scholars wrote on the two texts, and the different uses of the two texts in the
development of Chinese historical research.

HIST 440 Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta: Economic and Social Change since
1978
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course analyses the changes in the nature and degree of linkage between Hong
Kong and Guangdong’s Pearl River Delta (PRD) since the early 20th century till the recent

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