BRIEFLY TRACES CHINA'S LONG HISTORY; SURVEYS NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHINA, DESCRIBING TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS, MANNERS, AND THE INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN IMPERIALISM; AND EXAMINES THE RISE OF RED CHINA, INCLUDING THE WARLORD ERA, THE LIVES AND WORKS OF SUN YAT-SEN, MAO TSE-TUNG, CHIANG KAI-SHEK, AND THE KUOMINTANG AND COMMUNIST PARTIES, INCIDENTS AND IMPACT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND COMMUNIST CHINA TODAY.