The Fall and Rise of China

[1] The splendor that was China, 600–1700 [2] Malthus and Manchu hubris, 1730–1800 [3] Barbarians at the gate, 1800–1860 [4] Rural misery and rebellion, 1842–1860 [5] Self-strengthening movement, 1860–1890 [6] Hundred days of reform and the boxer uprising [7] End of empire, 1900–1911 [8] Failed republic, 1912–1919 [9] Birth of Chinese communism, 1917–1925 [10] Chiang, Mao, and civil war, 1926–1934 [11] Republican experiment, 1927–1937 [12] "Resist Japan!" 1937–1945 [13] Chiang's last stand, 1945–1949 [14] "The Chinese people have stood up!" [15] Korea, Taiwan, and the Cold War, 1950–1954 [16] Socialist transformation, 1953–1957 [17] Cracks in the monolith, 1957–1958 [18] Great leap forward, 1958–1960 [19] Demise of the great leap forward, 1959–1962 [20] "Never forget class struggle!" 1962–1965 [21] "Long live Chairman Mao!" 1964–1965 [22] Mao's last revolution begins, 1965–1966 [23] Children's crusade, 1966–1967 [24] Storm subsides, 1968–1969 [25] Sino–Soviet war of nerves, 1964–1969 [26] Nixon, Kissinger, and China, 1969–1972 [27] Mao's deterioration and death, 1971–1976 [28] Legacy of Mao Zedong: an appraisal [29] Post-Mao interregnum, 1976–1977 [30] Hua Guofeng and the four modernizations [31] Deng takes command, 1978–1979 [32] Historic Third Plenum, 1978 [33] "Normalization" of U.S.-China relations [34] Deng consolidates his power, 1979–1980 [35] Socialist democracy and the rule of law [36] Burying Mao, 1981–1983 [37] "To get rich is glorious," 1982–1986 [38] Fault lines of reform, 1984–1987 [39] Road to Tiananmen, 1987–1989 [40] Empire strikes back, 1989 [41] After the deluge, 1989–1992 [42] "Roaring Nineties," 1992–1999 [43] Rise of Chinese nationalism, 1993–2001 [44] China's lost territories: Taiwan, Hong Kong [45] China in the new millennium, 2000–2008 [46] China's information revolution [47] "One world, one dream": the 2008 Olympics [48] China's rise: the sleeping giant stirs