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China entered the 20th century as an agrarian society, weakened under internal and external pressures. Revolutionaries came together to bring down the last imperial dynasty but quickly split over the direction of reconstruction. Civil wars ensued, followed by WWI. The fate of the country appeared to be in the hands of industrial powers like Britain, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. All seemed lost when Japan seized all Chinese seaports, railways, industries, and fertile farmland. Yet Chinese resistance continued for eight years and the entire society was mobilized. After decades of struggling, China finally regained independence that laid the foundation for its own modernization.… (meer)
A bare bones survey of a tumultuous time in Chinese history, spanning the 1911 revolution through World War I, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and World War II. The narrative mostly stays focused on the many rises and falls of flashy autocrat Chiang Kai-shek, while cutting frequently to the quietly growing influence of Communist Mao Zedong.
For me, the most eye-opening aspect was the way the Chinese populace was treated as disposable by invading powers, allies, and the Chinese leaders themselves. Chinese soldiers and civilians die in vast numbers as armies flow back and forth across the countryside. A key component of the Pacific Theater of World War II was the sacrificial attrition of the Chinese army to keep the majority of the Japanese military too occupied to shift focus against the maneuvers of the other Allied forces, much like the Russian front served to divide and grind down Nazi forces at the cost of massive numbers of Russian casualties.
The writing is spare for a history but still manages to fill large portions of each page. The art is simplistic, with a heavy reliance on maps and talking heads. Regardless, it gets the job done. ( )
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Today, China has the largest population and the second-largest economy on earth. Anyone who wants to understand current world history must study, among other things, the story of this rising power. [Introduction]
Throughout the 2,000 years of Chinese history, waves of nomadic invaders came in search of food and wealth. They played a major role in Chinese civilization. [Previously in Understanding China Through Comics]
On October 10, 1911, the Chinese revolution broke out. [Chapter 1]
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Less than a year after the Korean War, the United States stepped in to aid South Vietnam and continue its policy of trying to contain Communism.
China entered the 20th century as an agrarian society, weakened under internal and external pressures. Revolutionaries came together to bring down the last imperial dynasty but quickly split over the direction of reconstruction. Civil wars ensued, followed by WWI. The fate of the country appeared to be in the hands of industrial powers like Britain, Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. All seemed lost when Japan seized all Chinese seaports, railways, industries, and fertile farmland. Yet Chinese resistance continued for eight years and the entire society was mobilized. After decades of struggling, China finally regained independence that laid the foundation for its own modernization.
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For me, the most eye-opening aspect was the way the Chinese populace was treated as disposable by invading powers, allies, and the Chinese leaders themselves. Chinese soldiers and civilians die in vast numbers as armies flow back and forth across the countryside. A key component of the Pacific Theater of World War II was the sacrificial attrition of the Chinese army to keep the majority of the Japanese military too occupied to shift focus against the maneuvers of the other Allied forces, much like the Russian front served to divide and grind down Nazi forces at the cost of massive numbers of Russian casualties.
The writing is spare for a history but still manages to fill large portions of each page. The art is simplistic, with a heavy reliance on maps and talking heads. Regardless, it gets the job done. (