A traveller's history of China

Introduction

Geographical perspectives

The origins of Chinese civilization, Prehistory to 771 B.C.

The formation of China, 771-221 B.C.

Confucianism and religion, 221 B.C.-A.D. 589

China and the outside world, 589-1279

China under foreign domination, 1279-1842

The collapse of Empire, 1842-1911

Chinese revolutions, 1911-98

Life in China today

The minority races

Hong Kong, Taiwan and the future.