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<p>China is one of the great question marks on the world stage as we approach the third millennium. No longer a sleeping giant, neither is China a stable ally of the West. Economically it is an emerging powerhouse, and politically it is precariously balanced between the free market and military dictatorship. There could be no better time to try to understand China's history—the distance it has traveled, and where it may be going from here—than today.<br> <br> <b>The Chinese Century</b> tells the story in over two hundred and fifty rare, eloquent photographs that have been chosen from archives, libraries, and private collections throughout China, Taiwan, and the West. Many of the photographs have never been seen outside China.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like a time machine, they let us see historical events that for most of us have existed until now only in words: the lives of the rural peasants and the privileged elite from the time of the Qing dynasty to the People's Republic, the opulence and squalor that the European colonial powers brought to China in their concession areas, the cities within Chinese cities that were inhabited exclusively by Europeans. Here are the rare photos of the Boxer Reb

Who reads The Chinese century : the photographic history of the last hundred years?

Author

Jonathan D. Spence & Annping Chin; photographs researched by the authors, Colin Jacobson and Annabel Merullo

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679449805

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

3.9 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14