EAS396H1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)

• School: UTSG
• Department: East Asian Studies
• Course: EAS396H1
• Professor: Wen- Ching Sung

Document Summary

Science and technology in modern china is also a rising field. Introduction: chinese in publican china debated on whether chinese medicine was scientific and since then. Chi(cid:374)ese ha(cid:448)e tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)ed chi(cid:374)ese (cid:373)edi(cid:272)i(cid:374)e to (cid:373)ake it (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tifi(cid:272)(cid:863) Empirically, the pulse is nothing more than a series of beats and pauses. In ancient greek medicine, its only heart beats: (cid:271)ut for chi(cid:374)ese there"s differe(cid:374)t ki(cid:374)d of pulses, 3 points: cun (large intestine, lungs), guan (stomach), chi (sanjiao) State & scientists: chinese/american scientists in cold war, chinese s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)tists i(cid:374) mao"s regi(cid:373)e, rise of the red engineers. Mccarthyism: 1940s and 1950s senator joseph mccarthy emphasized the threat of the group of communism in china and eastern europe. Proposal: 2 pg. long, double spaced 12 point font. Ethnicity: ethnicity and nation-making: bill notes/money: they put the faces of the minorities on the bills, ethnicity/diversity is something that is valued. In the revolution to overthrow qing dynasty, anti-qing/anti-manchu sentiments was emphasized: 2.