Modern World History: China

China, to the first Opium War

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Opium War entry

Entry on Qing Dynasty

Entry on Qing Dynasty

China Entry covering the Last Dynasty and Nationalists

China Entry from Worldmark Encyclopedia

Entry on Mao Zedong

Entry for Deng Xiaoping

Modern China: A Very Short Introduction, Chapter 2, The Old Order and The New

Lin Zexu's letter was an attempt to persuade Queen Victoria to ban the export of opium to China. The attempt failed—most likely, Lin's letter never reached the Queen—and Lin's other efforts to stop the traffic led to the Opium War (1839–1842).

From Gale's Global Issues in Context

Entry for China: Economic Reforms (1978-Present)

Chinese Communist Party

Biography of Xi Jinping

The Ebook "Modern China: A Very Short Introduction"

Chinese Communist Party: "The Leaders of the CPSU are the Great Splitters of Our Times" article (1964)