China since 1919

"Has China's modernization over the last 100 years depended on turning to the West? What new problems has growing prosperity created for China? This sourcebook tells the momentous history of China since 1919 mainly from the viewpoints of participants. Over 150 extracts from political statements, telegrams, speeches, memoirs, letters, and poems illuminate the historical development of China from the May 4th Movement onwards." "The collection includes classic documents as well as less accessible extracts, including a number only recently in the public domain. Anyone interested in the modern history of China will find China Since 1919 an invaluable source of information."--BOOK JACKET.