INTRODUCTION China——From Empire to Nation
CHINA'S INTERNAL CONDITIONS
THE MANCHU GOVERNMENT
SUMMARY： A HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL CHANGE


CHAPTER ONE The Opium War
CHINA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS BEFORE THE OPIUM WAR
SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE THE OPIUM WAR
LIN TSE-HSU'S SEVERE POLICY OF OPIUM PROHIBITION
THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF THE WAR
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OPIUM WAR


CHAPTER TWO The Taiping Rebellion
BACKGROUND OF THE TAIPING REBELLION
THE HEAVENLY KINODOM OF GREAT PEACE
THE RISE OF TSENG KUO-FAN AND HIS HUNAN ARMY
ELEVEN YEARS OF THE TAIPING KINGDOM
WHY THE TAIPINO FORCES FAILED AND THE HUNAN ARMY SUCCEEDED
FOREIGN INVASIONS， 1856-1860
THE RISE TO POWER OF EMPRESS DOWAGER TZU-HSI


CHAPTER THREE The Period of Imitation of Western Methods
THE COURTS OF T'UNG-CHIH AND KUANG-HSU
KEY MEN OF THE EMPIRE
THE IMITATION OF WESTERN METHODS
THE SINO-FRENCH WAR
THE NAVY YAMEN AND GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR


CHAPTER FOUR The Reform Movement：The First Step
TWO REFORM LEADERS——SUN YAT-SEN AND K'ANG
YU-WEI
REFORM BASED ON THE CLASSICS ：THE
INTERPRETATIONS BY K'ANG YU-WEI
THE HUNDRED DAYS' REFORM， 1898
AFTERMATH OF THE REFORM MOVEMENT


CHAPTER FIVE The Reaction to the Reform Movement
ANALYSIS OF REACTIONARY FORCES
TWO YEARS OF REACTION， 1898-1900
THE BOXER UPRISING
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE REVOLUTIONARY
PARTY AND THE EMPEROR PROTECTION SOCIETY
YUAN SHIH-K'AI AND THE PEIYANG MILITARY CLIQUE


CHAPTER SIX Revival of the Reform Movement
LIANG CH'I-CH'AO——A STAR OF THE PRESS
THE FERMENTATION OF NEW INTELLECTUAL FORCES
A SHOW OF REFORM BY THE MANCHU GOVERNMENT
THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR AND THE CRY FOR
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CHAPTER SEVEN The Struggle Between the ReVOlutiOnary and the Constitutional Movements
CHAPTER EIGHT Revolution versus COnstitutional Movement，1908 to 1911
CHAPTER NINE The Overthrow of the Manchu
Government and the Establishment of the Republic of China
CHAPTER TEN The Struggle Between the Kuomintang and
the Peiyang Military Clique
CHAPTER ELEVEN Monarchical and Antimonarchical Movements
CHAPTER TWELVE Internal Dissension of the Peiyang
Military Clique．a(chǎn)nd the War Lords in South China
CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Federal Government Movement
and Melee Among the War Lords
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Reorganization of the Kuomintang
and the End of the Peiyang War Lords
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index