China: A Short History |
Contents
WHERE IS CHINA AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | 15 |
WHO ARE THE CHINESE? | 26 |
BORDER LANDS | 41 |
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able American policy ancient army barbarian began Boxer Rebellion British bronze Buddhism bureaucracy Burma capital Central Asia century changes Chiang Kai-shek Chin Chinese culture Chinese government Chinese history Chou civil Communists conquest defeat democratic east economic emperor Empire fact farming feudal fighting forces foreign frontier Hankow imperial important India industry interests irrigation Japa Japan Japanese Jenghis kind kingdom Kuomintang labor land landlords live lord Manchu Manchuria ment military Ming modern Mongol Mongolia monopoly munists Nanking National Government nese nomads North China Northeast China Northeastern Provinces Nurhachi officials parties peasants Peiping Peking period political population problems Rebellion regions rest of China revenue Revolution Russia Shang Shanghai Sinkiang social society South Soviet spread Sun Yat-sen Sung Taiping Rebellion Tang dynasty territory Tibet tion trade Treaty tribal tribes troops Tungus villages Wall wars western whole Yangtze valley Yellow River