Modern China
MIT OpenCourseWare's Modern China traces the country's transformation from 1800 to the present, covering the arrival of foreign imperialism in the nineteenth century, the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, the war against Japan, the communist revolution, and the People's Republic from 1949 onward. Lectures and readings connect these political upheavals to changes in economics, ethnicity, environment, and international relations, showing how each era's crises shaped the next. The course includes a syllabus, lecture notes, readings, and assignments from MIT's history department, structured as a full undergraduate survey rather than a single talk. Materials are free to access under MIT OpenCourseWare's open license, with no certificate offered. It suits anyone wanting a chronological grounding in how imperial collapse, foreign invasion, and revolution produced the China of today.