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The Second Sino-Japanese War: Resistance and Alliance – Examine China’s Resilient Resistance to Japanese Invasion, Despite Internal Divisions, And The Formation of a (Uneasy) United Front Between the Nationalists and Communists to Fight the Common Enemy.

The Second Sino-Japanese War: Resistance and Alliance – A Lecture (Imagine Professor Chen, a historian with a mischievous twinkle in his eye and a penchant for historical analogies involving dumplings,…
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The First Sino-Japanese War: The Blow to China’s Modernization Hopes – Explore how China’s Defeat in this War Shattered Hopes for Rapid Modernization and Revealed the Deep-Seated Problems within the Qing Military and Government, Allowing Japan to Emerge as a Dominant Regional Power.

The First Sino-Japanese War: The Blow to China's Modernization Hopes (A Lecture on How a War Exposed China's Underpants...Literally) (Image: A cartoon depicting a very large, bloated Qing official tripping…
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The First Opium War: Treaty of Nanjing and Its Aftermath – Examine the Consequences of the Treaty of Nanjing, Which Marked the Beginning of the Unequal Treaty System, Forcing China to Cede Territory, Open Ports, And Grant Privileges to Foreign Powers, Initiating a Period of Semi-Colonialism.

The First Opium War: Treaty of Nanjing and Its Aftermath – A Lecture on China's Rude Awakening (Professor sniffs dramatically, adjusts spectacles perched precariously on his nose, and beams at…
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The Chinese Civil War: The Final Struggle for Control – Examine the Resumption of the Civil War Between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party After World War II, Leading to the Communist Victory on the Mainland and the Retreat of the Nationalists to Taiwan.

The Chinese Civil War: The Final Struggle for Control - A Lecture Alright everyone, settle down, settle down! Today, we're diving headfirst into one of the 20th century's biggest geopolitical…