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The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the West.

How the most powerful country in the UK was forged by invasion and conquest, and is fractured by its north-south divide. The Shortest History books deliver thou

Presents an account of Chinese history, from prehistoric times through the post-Revolution era.

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