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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chinese managed to pit which two countries against each other in Manchuria?

2. What other country was a part of the Sinocentric world?

3. The Chinese learned to play the ____ off one another.

4. Forces from which country were in place in which location at this time?

5. Who was considered to be China's principal threat at this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why does Kissinger compare Confucius to Machiavelli?

2. What was the Nian Rebellion? When did it occur? Who took over the government?

3. What were the The Qiying-Pottinger negotiations? What did the negotiations change between China and the West?

4. The Chinese are very involved in strategy. Examine the Chinese use of strategy and the types of games in which it is employed.

5. At its peak, what was the size and scope of the Chinese empire?

6. How did China perceive Europe? What was Britain's goal?

7. What does Kissinger say about the beginning of the decline of China?

8. What did China do to compete with Japan and Russia? When did the Chinese realize that they were not all powerful?

9. Abbé Régis-Evariste Huc made observations about China. What did Huc write?

10. What was the Taiping Rebellion? When did it take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in details Deng's modernization of China. How did Deng make China a viable country in the global market place? What were his plans? Were all of them successful? What were the biggest changes? How have Deng's changes affected today's China? What other things might Deng have accomplished if he had stayed in office? Do you agree with Deng's choice to retire?

Essay Topic 2

How might the Sino-American relationship have developed or changed if Richard Nixon had not been forced to resign? What did the Chinese think of the impeachment? How did it affect China's view of the United States? What was Kissinger's role in Sino-American relations after Nixon left office?

Essay Topic 3

The United Nations was formed to work as an intermediary between countries and to create a body through which these countries could communicate and, hopefully, cooperate on global issues. Write an essay on the United Nations, its role in Sino and United States negotiations and how it has changed since its inception.

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