Course description
Chinese Culture: Interaction
Owing to its rapid development in recent years, China has been in the spotlight of the international arena. While understanding modern China's economy, technology and politics is important, knowing its cultural roots and evolution is no less crucial for seeing a full picture of Chinese culture. This course introduces 5 interesting aspects of Chinese cultural exchange and interaction with other countries in history.
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Prerequisites:
None
Training content
China and the West
- Introduction
- Commerce and trade: The Silk Road
- Religion: Matteo Ricci and Xi Xue Dong Jian
- Art: Export paintings
- Colonial experience and Hong Kong
- Sports: China in the Olympics and the Ping-Pong Politics
China and Central Asia
- Introduction
- Geographical setting of Central Asia
- Central Asia in Han-Tang China
- Subsequent Islamization and Pax Mongolica
- Central Asia of contemporary significance
- An interview with Kazakhstan students
China and Vietnam
- Introduction
- Cultural interactions between China and other regions
- Cultural interactions between China and Vietnam
- Conditions for Sino-Vietnamese cultural interactions
- Consequences of Sino-Vietnamese cultural interactions
- Agents of Sino-Vietnamese cultural interactions
Chinese Revolutionary Connections with Other Countries
- Introduction
- The crumbling empire of the Qing dynasty
- Anti-Colonialism in China
- Sun Yat-sen
- From Lenin to Chiang Kai-shek
- Pan-Asianism
- Modern China and One Belt One Road
Chinese Food and Cuisine
- Introduction
- Hunting, farming and stir-frying
- Rituals, ghosts and foods
- Alcohol
- Correlative cosmology and medicinal foods
- Tea
- Sichuan and Lu cuisine
- Chinese immigrants and American-style Chinese foods
Course delivery details
This course is offered through The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a partner institute of EdX.
2-4 hours per week
Costs
- Verified Track -$99
- Audit Track - Free
Certification / Credits
What you'll learn
- The cultural interactions between China and the West
- The cultural interactions between China and Central Asia
- The cultural interactions between China and Vietnam
- Chinese revolutionary connections with other countries
- China's interactions with other countries in food and cuisine
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