Historical Dictionary of China in the 20th Century

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Features: Reveals detailed historical insights, details the lives of notable figures, summarizes important historical documents, dedicated to all people who are concerned about the past, present, and future of China. As China prepares to enter the 21st century after the 20th century, the general introduction is written by renowned scholars, standing on the height of history with an objective, scientific, and rigorous attitude, analyzing the cause and effect of historical facts, discussing the pros and cons of events, analyzing historical threads, and summarizing experiences and lessons.
Historical logs are recorded monthly by date order, documenting events in chronological sequence.
Major chronicles are divided into several categories annually, including politics, economy, military, foreign affairs, ethnicity, religion, science and technology, education, culture, health, sports, and social life. They are then recorded in the order of their occurrence, detailing various important historical events in China's nearly 100 years, including historical background, event progress, historical role and impact, and lessons learned. They recreate the truth of major historical events and reveal detailed historical insights.
Biographies of figures follow strict selection and quality control principles, selecting over 800 individuals based on their historical role and influence in China's historical development. They include both deeply influential historical figures and various individuals with significant impact in different aspects. They detail the lives of these figures and reevaluate their contributions and controversies.
Institutional systems primarily record the establishment, evolution, and changes of various levels of institutions, important systems, and key laws and regulations.
Historical records mainly select firsthand, credible, descriptive, and documentary texts about major events or important figures written by participants. The historical records selected in this book often come from key figures of important events or personal attendants of important individuals, providing "personal experiences, observations, and hearsay."
Literary materials: This section includes important telegrams, editorials, resolutions, documents, reports, speeches, notices, orders, statements, notes, records of talks, telegrams, phone records, letters, critical articles, big-character posters, important statistical data on social development, and other various important articles. It is convenient to consult, serving as a comprehensive, rich, and rare large-scale database for understanding, learning, and researching China's history.
This book uses time as the vertical thread and historical facts as the horizontal section, combining them to create a comprehensive view of China's political, economic, military, diplomatic, ethnic, religious, scientific, educational, cultural, health, sports, and social aspects from 1900 to 1996, recreating China's true journey over the past 100 years.
The past is vivid, and the lessons of history are profound. As a historical record of China's past 100 years, a large-scale encyclopedia, a large-scale literary database, and a large-scale reference book, this book will become an indispensable tool for party departments at all levels, organizations, enterprises, institutions, units, schools, research departments, libraries and information rooms of all types and levels, and all people concerned about China's history and destiny.
As a monumental work, the author of Comprehensive View of Chinese History prioritizes objectivity and authenticity, detailing the processes and details of major historical events, vividly recreating the significant scenes of these events, and revealing many little-known historical insights, events, and materials. The numerous valuable and important documents and materials included in this book are invaluable firsthand sources for understanding and researching the history of modern China.