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China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao

How to Invent a Country

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Visions of Modernization and Atrocities in China

This chapter explores the modernization efforts of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek during a tumultuous period in China, marked by political strife and foreign invasion. It focuses on the brutal realities of the Japanese occupation, particularly the Nanjing Massacre, and reflects on the ongoing implications for Sino-Japanese relations today.

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