Modern China
Subtitle: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780815307204
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Reference works; History; China - History; History - General History; Reference; History: World; Asia - China; History / General; 19th century; 20th century; China; Encyclopedias; Nationalism
First sentence: In 1900, imperial Russia dispatched 200,000 troops into China as part of an international expedition to suppress the Boxer Uprising and to rescue the foreign embassies in Beijing.