The Modern History of China

Contents: 1. China under Manchu Rule: How Foreign Powers "Forced China's Gates Open" / Wieslaw Olszewski; 2. Attempts at Modernising Chinese Economy under the Manchus: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Modernisation under Western Influence / Karin Tomala; 3. Secret Societies and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom / Roman Slawinski; 4. The Settlement and Loss of Taiwan / Roman Slawinski; 5. China's Relations with Foreign Powers from the End of the 19th Century to the 1930s / Teresa Halik; 6. The Boxer Rebellion (1898-1901) / Teresa Halik; 7. Reformers and Revolutionaries / T.Halik; 8. Yuan Shikai and the Warlords' Rule: The Northern Expedition and the Country's Unification / Roman Slawinski; 9. The Japanese Invasion of China and the Establishment of Manchukuo / Wieslaw Olszewski; 10. The Communist Movement in China (1921-1936) / Wieslaw Olszewski; 11. Xinjiang: The Chinese "New Dominion": Political Situation in the 1930s / Jerzy Zdanowski; 12. The Eight-Year War of Resistance of the Chinese Government and Communist Forces Against Japanese Troops / Ch'ao-jan Wang; 13. The Liberated Areas as a Prototype of the PRC: The Inevitable Test of Strength Between the Kuomintang and the CCP / Wieslaw Olszewski; 14. Taiwan under Japanese Rule and Its Restoration to China (Guangfu) / Roman Slawinski; 15. Economy During the Kuomintang Rule (1927-1949) / Vitaly Kozyrev; 16. Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China: Negotiations and Strife / T.Halik; 17. Studies in Modern Chinese History in the 20th Century / Zhang Haipeng; 18. Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and the Xinhai Revolution / Zhang Haipeng; 19. Controversial Issues Among Researchers of Modern Chinese History / Zhang Haipeng; 20. Studies of Modern Chinese History in Taiwan / Li Chang; 21. Chinese Historiography of the 20th Century: Research on Sinkiang (Xinjiang) / Roman Slawinski; 22. History of Modern Chinese Literature / Lidia Kasarello; Chronology of the Most Significant Events in Modern Chinese History; Bibliography; Index