The Rise of Modern China

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Now in its sixth edition, this book has been updated to examine the return of Hong Kong in 1997 and the upcoming return of Macao in 1999. Hsü discusses the end of the last vestiges of foreign imperialism in China, as well as China's emergence as a regional and global superpower. U.S.-China rivalry and the prospect of unification between China and Taiwan are also considered. Preface Preface to the First Edition Contents Maps A Note on the Text Major Chronological Periods Conversion Tables of Currencies/ Weights, and Measures 1 A Conceptual Framework of Modem China I. The Persistence of Traditional Institutions, 1600-1800 2 The Rise and Splendor of the Ch'ing Empire 3 Political and Economic Institutions 4 Social and Intellectual Conditions 5 Foreign Relations 6 The Turn of Dynastic Fortune: From Prosperity to Decline II. Foreign Aggression and Domestic Rebellions 1800-1864 7 The Canton System of Trade 8 The Opium War 9 The Second Treaty Settlement 10 The Taiping Revolution and the Nien and Moslem Rebellions III. Self-strengthening in an Age of Accelerated Foreign Imperialism 1861-95 11 The Dynastic Revival and the Self-strengthening Movement 12 Foreign Relations and Court Politics, 1861-80 13 Foreign Encroachment in Formosa, Sinkiang, and Annam 14 Acceleration of Imperialism: The Japanese Aggression in Korea and the "Partition of China" IV. Reform and Revolution 1898-1912 15 The Reform Movement of 1898 16 The Boxer Uprising, 1900 17 Reform and Constitutionalism at the End of the Ch'ing Period 18 Late Ch'ing Intellectual/ Social, and Economic Changes/ with Special Reference to 1895-1911 19 The Ch'ing Period in Historical Perspective 20 Revolution/ Republic, and Warlordism V. Ideological Awakening and the War of Resistance 1917-45 21 The Intellectual Revolution, 1917-23 22 National Unification Amidst Ideological Ferment and Anti-imperialistic Agitation 23 The Nationalist Government: A Decade of Challenges, 1928-37 24 The Sino-Japanese Wat, 1937-45 VI. Rise of the Chinese People's Republic 25 The Civil War, 1945-49 26 The People's Republic: Its First Decade 27 The Sino-Soviet Split 28 The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution 29 The Fall of Lin Piao and Its Aftermath 30 China Rejoins the International Community 31 The Nationalist Rule on Taiwan VII. China After Mao: The Search for a New Order 32 The Smashing of the Gang of Four 33 Teng Hsiao-p'ing and China's New Order 34 The Normalization of Relations Between China and the United States 35 The Four Modernizations 36 The End of the Maoist Age 37 Building Socialism with Chinese Characteristics 38 China in Transition/ 1986-88: The Cultural Impact of the Open-Door Policy 39 Taiwan's "Economic Miracle" and the Prospect (or Unification with Mainland China 40 The Violent Crackdown at T'ien-an-men Square, June 3-4, 1989 41 The Chinese Model of Development: Quasi-Capitalism in a Political Dictatorship 42 The Rise of China Appendix I Appendix II Illustration Credits Index