republic, 1912-1949

Chronicles the history of China since 1919 through extracts from 150 classic and less accessible documents, including speeches, memoirs, political statements, letters and poems, and telegrams.

An account of the Soong family whose wealth and power dominated China and American policy toward Asia in the 20th century.

A biography of the Chinese Communist leader stressing his influence on the history and culture of modern China.

The story of Soon May-ling, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's American-educated wife, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, is epic in scope. Along with her husband, she is the story of modern China, which started with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of history, and was followed by World War II and the eventual loss of China to the Communists. Her role in China's recent history was as important as that of the husband she supported.

Discusses the wars, occupations, and uprisings that mark this period (1900-1949) in Chinese history.

Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong, he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his "white terror," controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. --from publisher description.

Helen Foster Snow tells of her marriage to brilliant American correspondent Edgar Snow, their home in Peking, and her life in China at a time of civil dissension as the Communists rose to power.