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List of maps | p. viii |
List of illustrations | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. xi |
Introductory note: Chinese names and Chinese geography | p. 1 |
Writing Chinese names | p. 1 |
Regional geography | p. 4 |
The Chinese past | p. 7 |
The birth of China | p. 10 |
Confucianism | p. 11 |
Legalism | p. 13 |
Daoism | p. 14 |
The unification of China | p. 16 |
The coming of Buddhism | p. 18 |
The later dynasties | p. 20 |
Government and society under the Qing | p. 23 |
Study questions | p. 28 |
The collapse of the old order | p. 29 |
The first Western impact | p. 29 |
Internal problems | p. 33 |
Foreign pressure increases | p. 38 |
The Revolution of 1911 | p. 44 |
Yuan Shikai and the warlord era | p. 47 |
The May Fourth Movement and the New Culture Movement | p. 51 |
Study questions | p. 53 |
The Communist Party and the First United Front | p. 54 |
The coming of Communism | p. 55 |
The First United Front | p. 58 |
The Communist-Guomindang split | p. 64 |
Study questions | p. 68 |
The Nanjing decade, 1927-37 | p. 69 |
The Guomindang government at Nanjing | p. 69 |
The Jiangxi Soviet | p. 74 |
The Long March | p. 84 |
The Japanese threat | p. 88 |
The Second United Front | p. 90 |
Study questions | p. 91 |
World war and Communist victory | p. 92 |
The war begins | p. 92 |
Communism, nationalism, and the 'New Democracy' | p. 97 |
Chiang and the United States | p. 100 |
The 'Dixie Mission' | p. 104 |
The Japanese surrender | p. 105 |
The return to land reform | p. 112 |
The final Communist victory | p. 117 |
Study questions | p. 121 |
The People's Republic of China, 1949-57 | p. 122 |
Reform in the countryside | p. 124 |
Into the cities | p. 128 |
The transition to socialism | p. 131 |
Ideological remoulding and the 'Hundred Flowers' | p. 135 |
The international position of the PRC | p. 138 |
Study questions | p. 144 |
The Great Leap and the great split | p. 145 |
The Great Leap Forward | p. 145 |
The Sino-Soviet split | p. 151 |
Problems along the borders | p. 155 |
Dispute in Beijing | p. 159 |
Study questions | p. 164 |
The Cultural Revolution | p. 165 |
1966: 'To rebel is justified!' | p. 169 |
The years of chaos: 1967-68 | p. 177 |
The initial results | p. 184 |
Aftermath: 1969-76 | p. 186 |
Left and Right | p. 188 |
International relations | p. 193 |
Study questions | p. 196 |
The post-Mao reforms | p. 197 |
The deaths of Zhou and Mao | p. 197 |
The question of individual freedom | p. 206 |
China and the world | p. 210 |
Economic reforms | p. 213 |
Study questions | p. 219 |
The era of Deng Xiaoping | p. 220 |
The background to the democracy movement | p. 222 |
Tiananmen | p. 224 |
Politics after Tiananmen | p. 229 |
Foreign relations | p. 231 |
Hong Kong and Taiwan | p. 234 |
Facing the future: population pressures | p. 237 |
Study questions | p. 239 |
The boom years | p. 241 |
Economic reform once again | p. 241 |
Money to spend | p. 245 |
Massive inequalities | p. 248 |
A stable political system? | p. 253 |
Foreign relations | p. 257 |
Hong Kong and Taiwan | p. 259 |
Issues of religion | p. 261 |
Issues of freedom | p. 263 |
China's prospects | p. 266 |
Study questions | p. 268 |
Suggestions for further reading | p. 269 |
Index | p. 273 |
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