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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Chinese Culture and Contemporary China by Nanjing University

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About the Course

This course of Chinese Culture and Contemporary China will explore the foundations of Chinese civilization and the dimensions of Chinese culture. It will pay particular attention to the relationship between Chinese culture and the present-day life of the Chinese people and to the different elements of the culture which are under the present social structures, belief systems, literature, arts, customs, etc. The course aims at providing students with a deeper knowledge of Chinese culture, thus enabling them to better understand China. The course will cover the following main areas of topics: (1) the foundations of Chinese civilization: its geography, language, and history; (2) the core concepts in Chinese philosophies and religions: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism; (3), literature and arts, including Chinese calligraphy, painting, Tang poetry, and classical fiction; (4) society and life, including education, the role of women, Chinese food, and traditional holidays; (5) travel and landscapes, including well-known Chinese cities, mountains, ethnic regions and customs; (6) Chinese media, culture and sports, including TV and movies, fashion, Chinese gongfu and taiji. In addition, students will be expected to participate in a buddy program beyond curriculum if they have a chance to come to Nanjing. Ideally they will be paired up: an international student with a Nanjing University student to allow students to learn firsthand about Chinese customs, culture, and language. Students will be required to complete various projects and homework assignments as well, which will encourage them to use Nanjing University and the city of Nanjing as a laboratory to apply what they learn during their stay at Nanjing University....

Top reviews

VS

Jun 8, 2020

Lovely Course on Chinese Culture, Tradition, and Values. Well-presented and wonderfully put to appeal to the audience readers. Recommended to anyone who is interested in knowing Chinese culture.

JC

Apr 27, 2017

Fascinating topic, especially Chinese painting. The videos were enjoyable and instructive and the quizzes were tricky but not overly difficult. Glad I took the course. I learned a lot.

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By 阮友恒(Alex)

Aug 6, 2024

Very good

By LE T K T

Nov 14, 2021

very good

By Deleted A

Oct 22, 2021

very good

By PAOLA A R A

Oct 8, 2020

Excellent

By Eric L

May 15, 2021

Perfect!

By Aaron L D

Aug 10, 2020

Loved it

By Antoine M L

May 5, 2019

nice

By lichuangye

Apr 4, 2017

good

By 团团

Oct 8, 2024

非常好

By Danny W

Jul 27, 2021

By Carlos M

Nov 15, 2018

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By Lucas M R

Mar 30, 2021

Great introductory course on Chinese culture, ancient or contemporary. Classes are very concise em objective, with enough content for the given time of each video. While the videos are short but objective, they provide enough to encourage me to search more about the subjects. Quizes, otherwise, sometimes emphasize aspects of the classes that do not seem too major.

By xristina b

Sep 8, 2017

It was a really interesting course about Chinese people, their Culture and Their History. It actually inspired me to research and learn more about China . Thank you. (Please fix a problem that exists in the 3rd quiz of the 2nd week. It takes a wrong answer for correct and only after of many retakes of the quiz).

By William B

Jul 12, 2020

Good introductory level course but would have liked more content, and it was not always clear that many of the quiz questions had multiple answers, on some occasions all of the answers were correct!

Would have liked a peer reviewed essay and longer form videos, perhaps in a more advanced follow-up course

By Antoine T

Jun 25, 2020

Very interesting and enjoyable stuff! Some of the quizzes could be fixed though. Otherwise, excellent class!

By Pieter-Paul v M

Jan 26, 2021

Nice course to get a first taste of Chinese culture.

Laid back presentation which makes you feel good.

By Stephen D

Jun 9, 2020

A good introduction. A followup course with more depth would be useful

By André d S F

Oct 2, 2020

Very informative for those who want to know about China. I recommend.

By Joy S

May 25, 2017

lots of good info about china. pretty interesting

By Casey R

Oct 17, 2020

Super brief, but insightful nonetheless.

By Paola T

Aug 30, 2021

Nice introduction to several topics.

By Leila G

Nov 29, 2022

A good entry-level course

By Alexander R

Dec 14, 2017

Very Interesting Course.

By Liska N

Feb 20, 2023

The content is informative, but they don't let you show audit completion. Course completion, even for audit only, requires paying. The only option is to unenroll or pay to complete.