This book is part of an initiative in cooperation with renowned Chinese publishers to make fundamental, formative, and influential Chinese thinkers available to a western readership, providing absorbing insights into Chinese reflections of late. Haipeng Zhang and Jinyi Zhai provide us with a history of China's struggle for national independence and prosperity, reflecting the "e;humiliation"e; in the "e;sinking"e; period and the "e;struggle"e; during the "e;rising"e; period. After the Japanese aggressions against China had caused more damage to China than all previous invasions, Chinese society not only avoided the continued "e;sinking"e;, but also laid the foundation for China's modernization and the recent success story to the present day.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- 1. The Opium Wars and China’s Decline
- 2. The Qing Government in Despair
- 3. The Lost Three Decades
- 4. Post-1895 China: Reform, Rebellion, and Revolution
- 5. On the Eve of Great Change
- 6. The 1911 Revolution: A Blend of Success and Failure
- 7. China at Its Lowest Ebb: The Rule of the Beiyang Warlords
- 8. The Beginning of China’s Tortuous Path to Progress
- 9. The Deepening National Crisis and the Adjustment of Class Relations
- 10. The Outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan
- 11. The Two Battlefields in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
- 12. The Victory of the People’s War of Liberation and the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
- 13. The Historical Significance of the People’s Republic of China
- Bibliography