This book is a work of modern Chinese history written by the famous historian Jiang Tingfu for ordinary readers. With concise language, it thoroughly explains the historical evolution, civilization clashes, major historical events, and key figures of China in the past century after the Opium War. It is magnificent, comprehensive, yet concise and impartial, with extremely high academic value.From the Opium War to the Revolution of 1911, from the Westernization Movement to the Hundred Days’ Reform, from Lin Zexu to Li Hongzhang, and from Hong Xiuquan to Sun Yat-sen, this book tells the historical evolution and the stories of people in the past century after the Opium War in a leisurely manner. The historical framework and the system of dynastic history constructed in this book have led the trend of modern history research, which was highly praised by later researchers and was known as the pioneering work of modern Chinese history research.
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