Modern Chinese History

Author: Fang Lieshu et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The book is divided into ten chapters, covering major historical events from the Opium War in 1840 to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. These include the beginning of China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, the rise and fall of the Taiping Rebellion, the Self-Strengthening Movement and the deepening of China's semi-colonialization, the Hundred Days' Reform and the Boxer Movement aimed at saving the nation, the Xinhai Revolution and the end of the feudal dynasty, the dark rule of the Beiyang Warlord Government and the new hope for China, the Beiyang Warlord rule and the National Revolution, the decade of intertwined confrontation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and national crisis, the nationwide War of Resistance against Japan, the collapse of the Kuomintang's rule on the mainland, and the birth of a new China. This book is a required textbook for junior and senior history majors in higher education institutions, and can also be used by non-history majors in universities. It can also serve as a basic reading material for government agencies and educational departments for learning and patriotic education.