| Course Description: | Examines the relationship between Sino-American international relations and changes in American popular perceptions of China as revealed in the media and literature. Focuses on Sino-American relations since the nineteenth century, including the period of the missionaries and opium traders; the era of special privileges; the Open Door policy; the first half of the twentieth century, when China became America’s favorite protégé; and the years of strain, warfare, and finally accommodation after the Chinese communists came to power in 1949. |