S2622 China 50 Years After Mao: Enter the Dragon
Class | Registration opens Monday, March 16, 2026 10:00 AM EST
It has been 50 years since the death of Mao Zedong, the architect of Communist China. Today's China would be unrecognizable to the founder of modern China, but his legacy is nonetheless indisputable. Explore the rise of China through various leaders since Mao, culminating with Xi Xinping and the ascension of China as one of the leading economies, militaries, and geopolitically significant nations in the 21st century.
In Person at the Hawk - Harrison Hall - Not Recorded
Saeed Khan
Prof. Saeed Khan is Associate Professor of Learning in Near East & Asian Studies and Global Studies. He is the Director of Global Studies at Wayne State University. Khan is also a Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Citizenship and the host of Deadline Detroit’s “The Week That Was”.