Modernization and Revolution in China

China's struggle to modernize is set here against a historical background. The authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey, from the breakdown of imperial China to the years of the People's Republic and the reforms of Deng Xiaoping.

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In this book, China's struggle to modernize is set against a historical background. From the Opium War to Tiananmen Square, the authors narrate the great episodes that punctuate that journey: the breakdown of imperial China; the rise of the new Chinese republic; the early struggles between ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong; China's war with the Japanese; the final shootout that sent Chiang to Taiwan and Mao to Beijing; and the long years of the People's Republic - culminating in the reforms of Deng Xiaoping.