An outline history of China / edited by Bai Shouyi ; written by Yang Zhao [and six others]

This book provides a brief introduction to the long historical development of China from ancient times to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It also gives an outline of contemporary Chinese geography, population, ethnicity and history, and proceeds to describe ancient human...

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Other Authors: Bai, Shouyi (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Beijing Foreign Languages Press 2008
Series:China studies
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