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Modern China

Professor Steve Tsang and others · Gresham College

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About

This lecture is about the meaning of China and being Chinese. It examines critically how the Chinese state, under the control of the Communist Party defines them. It highlights the historical reality that the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan adopted different political systems. The Communist Party installed a powerful Leninist party-state on the Mainland. Laisses-faire British colonial rule groomed Hong Kong people to desire democratization.

Lectures

  1. China and Chineseness: Lessons from the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan 2025-10-15 · Audio
  2. China’s Economic Prospects on the Cusp 2025-11-03 · Audio
  3. Where Is China Heading under Xi Jinping? 2025-11-27 · Audio
  4. Going Global: Chinese Independent Documentary 2026-05-27 · Audio
  5. Shock of the Nude: Pioneering Women Artists and the Cultural Politics of Modern China 2026-06-08 · Audio

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Professor Steve Tsang, George Magnus, Associate Professor Luke Robinson, Dr Di Wang
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Economics, Society and politics, History, Art, architecture and design
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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