A comprehensive, yet entertaining look at China's history through a modern lens. For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries
The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West.
Journey across epic China—through millennia of early innovation to modern dominance. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one r
Discover the complexity of China’s past with this multi-faceted portrayal of the storied nation from a leading expert in the field The newly revised Second Ed