Intro
Introduction
Contents
1 China's Arrival in the Twentieth Century
An Unprecedented Crisis Following Defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War
Intellectual Liberation Ushered in by the Hundred Days' Reform
The Tragic Fate of the Boxer Rebellion
2 The 1911 Revolution that Toppled the Absolute Monarchy
Coming of the Revolutionary Storm
The Rise of New Social Forces
The Beginning of Sun Yat-Sen's Revolutionary Campaign
The Wuchang Uprising and the Founding of the Republic of China
The Successes and Failures of the Revolution

3 The Rule of the Beiyang Warlords
The General Public Mentality Following Victory in the 1911 Revolution
Yuan Shikai's Arrogation of Power
The National Protection Movement Opposing Yuan Shikai's Self-Proclamation as Emperor
The Warlord Era and the Emergence of Internecine Warfare
4 The New Awakening Stirred by the May Fourth Movement
The Early New Culture Movement
Onslaught of the May Fourth Storm
How Marxism Became the New Ideological Mainstream
5 The Birth of the Communist Party of China
The Founding of the Communist Party of China

The First National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Drafting a Program for Democratic Revolution
6 The National Revolution to "Overthrow the Great Powers and Drive Out the Warlords"
Social Causes for the Rise of the Great Revolution
The Shift Toward Cooperation Between the Communist and Nationalist Parties
The New Era Ushered in by the First National Congress of the Nationalist Party
The Upsurge in Chiang Kai-Shek's Anti-Communist Activities
The Northern Expedition and the Swift Rise of Worker and Peasant Movements

The April 12 Purge and the Failure of the Great Revolution
7 The Early Years of the Nanjing Government
The Metamorphosis of the Nationalist Party
Widespread Factional Warfare
Socioeconomic Conditions
A Major Shift in Japan's Policy of Aggression Against China
8 The Struggles of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
Taking Up Arms for Resistance
Assessment of the State of the Revolution at the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China
From the Struggle in the Jinggang Mountains to the Gutian Congress

The "Lisan Agenda" and the Fourth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
The Red Army's Victories in Three Counter-Encirclement Campaigns
9 The Chinese People Face Their Greatest Peril
The Mukden Incident That Shocked China and the World
"Domestic Pacification Before Resistance Against Foreign Aggression" and the Two Later Encirclement Campaigns
The Red Army's Long March and the Zunyi Conference
Incidents in North China and the Rising Tide of Resistance Against Japan for National Salvation