No country has undergone a greater period of sustained and convulsive change than China in the twentieth century. This is its story, tracing the emergence of a modern China.

Chapter 1: The Last of the Emperors, 1894-1912; Chapter 2: Division, Deceit and New Directions, 1912-1937; Chapter 3: War and Civil War, 1937-1949; Chapter 4: Communism in Action, 1949-1957; Chapter 5: The Great Leap Forward, 1957-65; Chapter 6: The Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976; Chapter 7: Deng Xiaoping and the Boom Years, 1976-2008