The rise of Red China

Briefly traces China's long history; surveys nineteenth-century China, describing traditional customs, manners, and the influence of European and American imperialism; and examines the rise of Red China, including the Warlord Era, the lives and works of Sun Yat-sen, Mao Tse-tung, Chiang Kai-shek, and the Kuomintang and Communist Parties, incidents and impact of the Second World War, and communist China today.