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Description edit
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. Hsu 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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Li Hung-chang: Add a description of this character.
- Teng
- Jardine
- Mao
- Kwangtung
- Tseng
- Lee
- Clinton
- Chao
- John K. Fairbank
- Yang
- Liu
- Sinkiang
- Huang
- Macartney
- Cheng
- Tso
- Ricci
- Chihli
- Prince Kung
- Hsu
- Kiangsi
- Robert Hart
- Dorgan
- Anhwei
- Hupeh
- Hu Shih
- Ann Arbor
- Bonham
- Carter
- Cohen
- Chu
- Bogue
- Dr. Sun
- Mary C. Wright
- Huai
- Wade
- Lanham
- Chou
- Chekiang
Setting & Locations edit
- Republic Of China
- Taiwan
- Peking
- Canton
- Hong Kong
- United States
- Japan
- Shanghai
- Russia
- Cambridge
- New York
- Mass.
- Taipei
- Britain
- London
- Tientsin
- Nanking
- Korea
- France
- Washington
- America
- Asia
- Europe
- Macao
- Berkeley
- Beijing Review
- Germany
- D.c.
- Hunan
- Taipings
- England
- Fukien
- Wuhan
- Tokyo
- Annam
- Boulder
- Confucianism
- India
- Soviet Union
- Vietnam
- Kiangsu
- Honolulu
- Yunnan
- Szechwan
- Mongolia
First Sentence edit
With a recorded history of nearly 4,000 years, Chinese civilization is one of the oldest in the world.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Immanuel Chung-yueh Hsü (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 951.03
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