Michael Dillon is Professor of History and Affiliate of the Lau China Centre, King's College London, UK. He was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in 2009 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Royal Asiatic Society. He was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire2. China and the West: The Road to the Opium War3. Taiping, Nain and Muslim Uprisings (1850-1884)4. Restoration and Colonisation (1861-1884)5. Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911)6. The Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)7. May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-1924)8. Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-1927)9. Nanjing Expedition and Long March (11927-1937)10. Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil war (1937-1949) Interlude11. Liberation and People's Republic of China (1949-1954) 12. Agriculture, Industry, Marriage Reform and the Intelligentsia (1950-1965)13. Great Leap Forward (1958-1965) 14. Cultural Revolution (1966-1980)15. Modernising and Opening China16. Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia17. Hong Kong and Taiwan18. China after Deng Xiaoping19. Xi Jinping and the New AuthoritarianismBiographical notesFurther reading Index

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 'an indispensable introduction to modern Chinese history.'

Michael Dillon is Professor of History and Affiliate of the Lau China Centre, King's College London, UK. He was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in 2009 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Royal Asiatic Society. He was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire2. China and the West: The Road to the Opium War3. Taiping, Nain and Muslim Uprisings (1850-1884)4. Restoration and Colonisation (1861-1884)5. Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911)6. The Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)7. May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-1924)8. Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-1927)9. Nanjing Expedition and Long March (11927-1937)10. Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil war (1937-1949) Interlude11. Liberation and People's Republic of China (1949-1954) 12. Agriculture, Industry, Marriage Reform and the Intelligentsia (1950-1965)13. Great Leap Forward (1958-1965) 14. Cultural Revolution (1966-1980)15. Modernising and Opening China16. Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia17. Hong Kong and Taiwan18. China after Deng Xiaoping19. Xi Jinping and the New AuthoritarianismBiographical notesFurther reading Index

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 'an indispensable introduction to modern Chinese history.'

Michael Dillon is Professor of History and Affiliate of the Lau China Centre, King's College London, UK. He was Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University in 2009 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Royal Asiatic Society. He was founding Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Durham, where he taught modern Chinese history.

• PrefaceIntroduction1. Rise and Fall of the Chinese Empire2. China and the West: The Road to the Opium War3. Taiping, Nain and Muslim Uprisings (1850-1884)4. Restoration and Colonisation (1861-1884)5. Boxer Rising and Imperial Decline (1899-1911)6. The Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)7. May Fourth Movement, Communists and Nationalists (1917-1924)8. Northern Expedition and United Front (1923-1927)9. Nanjing Expedition and Long March (11927-1937)10. Japanese Invasion, Second United Front and Civil war (1937-1949) Interlude11. Liberation and People's Republic of China (1949-1954) 12. Agriculture, Industry, Marriage Reform and the Intelligentsia (1950-1965)13. Great Leap Forward (1958-1965) 14. Cultural Revolution (1966-1980)15. Modernising and Opening China16. Tibet, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia17. Hong Kong and Taiwan18. China after Deng Xiaoping19. Xi Jinping and the New AuthoritarianismBiographical notesFurther reading Index

A CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE 'an indispensable introduction to modern Chinese history.'