{"id":1809,"date":"2016-10-31T00:30:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/?page_id=1809"},"modified":"2016-10-31T00:30:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T00:30:30","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/learning-pathways\/developing-nations-in-modern-times\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:202px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Dobrinja_in_1996.JPEG\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/ed\/Dobrinja_in_1996.JPEG\/200px-Dobrinja_in_1996.JPEG\" width=\"200\" height=\"251\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Destruction in Sarajevo, photographed in 1996 after the siege<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The world, and particularly developing nations, have continued to face many challenges in the post-Cold War period. In China, the brutal suppression of demonstrators during the Tiananmen Square protests resulted in strong international condemnation.  The breakup of Yugoslavia led to ethnic cleansing, and the worst genocidal massacre in Europe since World War Two.  In East Asia, the &#8216;Asian Tigers&#8217; experienced strong economic development.  In many developing countries, however, such growth has been elusive.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this learning pathway you will watch one video lecture and complete four readings.\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both\">\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Examine economic growth patterns in developing countries\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Learn about key events in the post-Cold War period\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.052 seconds\nReal time usage: 2.195 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 104\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 776\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 1789\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 292\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:177901-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20161031003024 and revision id 1009421\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme103\/learning-pathways\/the-end-of-the-cold-war-and-its-aftermath\/review\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/whme103\/learning-pathways\/developing-nations-in-modern-times\/tiananmen-square-1989\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Destruction in Sarajevo, photographed in 1996 after the siege The world, and particularly developing nations, have continued to face many challenges in the post-Cold War period. 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