A Brief History of China

This book tells the story of five thousand years of rich, dramatic, and fascinating history of a nation that has had a profound impact on everything around us. Hardly an hour goes by without someone in the world using a Chinese product or technology. This leads us to ask: How did the Chinese mind manage to penetrate every corner of the earth in this way? What is the secret? What price was paid? What sacrifices were made throughout their long history? In this concise history of China, we read about: Chinese tribal society, the early ruling dynasties, the story of China‘s unification and subsequent collapse, up to the modern history of China as we know it today. How did Christianity and Islam reach China? When and how did the great leap forward begin? What is the current and recent political system of China? And other topics that are influential in this fascinating Chinese story, a nation whose borders intersect with countries such as Korea, Russia, Pakistan, India, and others. Its history is filled to the brim with strange social circumstances, pivotal dramatic events, and most importantly, myths that controlled the minds of its inhabitants for decades. So how did it begin, how did it get there, and where is it going?