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History

Students will, with advice from teachers, select a worthy research topic, conduct historical
research, produce outline, bibliography and write a thesis conforming to all requirements
regarding style and format – including its drafts, revision and the final version.

HIST 470 Sino-US Relations
1 Term; 3 Credits
The subject alerts students to important imprints Sino-American relations has left on the
making of contemporary China, and acquaints them with major controversial and contentious
issues between the two nations which could seriously affect their respective development paths
now and in the foreseeable future. A brief review on the history of their interactions is followed
by discussion on selected themes/issues, including conflicting assumptions, goals,
actions/interventions and responses of the two, particularly those highly controversial,
contentious and recurrent in nature to assess their national, regional or wider ramifications. In
sum, the subject urges our future leaders to study the most important external factor affecting
China, provides them with background information and introduces them to main issues/arguments
they need to learn to tackle.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSE (SERVICE COURSE)

HIST 100 General Chinese History
1 Term; 3 Credits
The objective of this course is to help students be aware of their heritage from the past
for better understanding of the present. Extracts from relevant historical materials and works
of modern historians are studied. Topics in the course will cover various major aspects of
Chinese history and tradition including the birth and spread of the Chinese traditional political,
legal, social, economic, intellectual values and systems as well as their major historical
changes.

Note: For the descriptions of courses not listed under the Department of History, please refer
to their respective Departments for details.

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