Click here to view an online Syllabus for this course.
 
 

Click on the links below to read these required articles.
 

1. Brazil's President, Once a Dark Horse, Describes a Bright Present
2. Tuition Fight Is Blair's Latest Test
3. Democracy, Chinese Style: 2 Steps Forward, 1 Step Back
4. Tories, Even With a New Leader, See Little to Hope For
5. German Youth Leader Urges: Let Them Use Crutches
6. China Ready to Grant Property Rights
7. Russian Youth Movement Linked to Jailed Tycoon Has Wide Civic Goals
8. When Chinese Workers Unite, the Bosses Often Run the Union
9. Russia and the Rich Western Neighbors: A Cold Peace
10. Familiar Candidates Skipping Russian Presidential Race
11. Putin and His Political Allies Extend Power in Parliament
12. Thousands Rally in Hong Kong to Demand Free Elections
13. Putin vs. the Jailed Tycoon: Defining Russia's New Rules
14. Brazilians Hope Ritual Will Bring a Better Year
15. New National Identity Emerges in Taiwan 
16. Brazil Pays Parents to Help Poor Be Pupils, Not Wage Earners
17. For Whom Will Harvard's Bells Toll? That's in Question
18. Brazil Gives New Leader Room to Err
19. China's Dark Days and Darker Nights
20. Beijing Leaders' Populist Touch Is Not Being Felt by Rural Poor
21. China Makes Itself Clear on Hong Kong
22. China's Car Culture Hits Some Potholes
23. Iranian Council Bars Thousands From Vote
24. Iranian Officials Threaten to Quit
25. The Appearance of Change in Iran
26. Iran Council Is Ordered To Reconsider Candidate Ban
27. Political Barbs Welcome an Iranian Visiting France
28. The Unquiet Death of a Chinese Peasant
29. Learning Freedom in Captivity
30. Chinese Move to Relax Severe Judicial Penalties
31. Brazilian Slums Seen as Pawns in Political Games
32. Brazil Adopts Strict Gun Controls to Try to Curb Murders
33. Iran's Reformers Find Leverage in Murder Probe 
34. Why Democracy Defies the Urge to Implant I
35. Brazilian Slums Seen as Pawns in Political Games
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37. Brazil Adopts Strict Gun Controls to Try to Curb Murders
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42. China's Leaders Manage Class Conflict Carefully
43. Blair Wins Measure To Boost Tuitions
44. Siberians Tell Moscow: Like It or Not, It's Home
45. Putin Challengers Drop to 6 in Russia President Race
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47. Over 100 Iran Lawmakers Submit Resignations
48. Corruption Accusations Rise From Brazil Mayor's Death
49. Chinese Reformers Petition for Review of Subversion Law

*** Please excuse the blank spaces. Dr. Conradt and I are working to correct these links. Hopefully they will be updated soon.***        ~Thanks, Bernice