Rise and fall of the Chinese empire
China and the West: the road to the opium war
Taiping, Nian and Muslim uprisings (1850-1884)
Restoration and Western colonisation (1856-1898)
Boxer rising and imperial decline (1899-1911)
Struggle for the Republic of China (1911-1916)
May fourth movement: communists and nationalists (1917-1924)
Northern expedition and united front (1923-1927)
Nanjing decade and the long march (1927-1937)
Japanese invasion, second united front and civil war (1937-1949)
Interlude: new China, new history?
Liberation and the birth of the People's Republic of China (1949-1954)
Economic and social policies (1950-1957)
Great leap forward (1958-1965)
Cultural revolution (1966-1980)
Modernising and opening China
Tibet and Xinjiang
Hong Kong and Taiwan
China after Deng Xiaoping
Conclusion: China rising and a 'harmonious society'.