Lorraine Stratkotter successfully completed and received a passing grade in the online course "SW12.8x: China (Part 8) Creating Modern China: The Birth of a Nation" offered through HarvardX and edX. The certificate was issued on May 4, 2016 and was signed by Peter K. Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, to validate Lorraine Stratkotter's completion of the course.