About+the+Course

//Weiji// is a Chinese word equivalent to //crises//. However, it has two meanings in Chinese: //challenges// and //opportunities//. Both China and the United States have had numerous critical crises in their history. Facing challenges in history, both the Chinese and American people have made use of their wisdom, courage, and experience to find new solutions to overcome the difficulties they were facing. Therefore, they transformed crises into opportunities, and they moved forward significantly after each crisis. This course will trace the critical crises in American history from 1620 and those in Chinese history from 1840 to the present. We will see how these two countries moved forward politically, economically, socially and culturally from different crises and challenges. Moreover, both countries are facing new crises in the 21st century. Can they find effective solutions to meet the challenges and move forward?
 * Moving Forward from Crises: A Historical Review of the Growth of the U. S. and China**


 * Outline**
 * Unprecedented challenges to China from 1840 to 1923 (day 1)
 * Political challenges to Americans from 1620 to 1787 (day 2-3)
 * Racial challenges to Americans up from 1860’s to 1960’s (day 4-5)
 * Economic challenges to Americans (day 6-7)
 * Military challenges to Americans (day 8)
 * Deng Xiaoping and The Economic Reform in China (day 9)
 * Current Challenges in China (day 10)
 * Current challenges in the US (day 11)
 * Conclusion (day 12)