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  • Chapters
    • 1 Introduction: Wealth and Power
    • 2 Humiliation: Wei Yuan
    • 3 Self-Strengthening: Feng Guifen
    • 4 Western Methods, Chinese Core: Dowager Cixi
    • 5 New Citizen: Liang Qichao
    • 6 A Sheet of Loose Sand: Sun Yat-sen
    • 7 New Youth: Chen Duxiu
    • 8 Unification: Chiang Kai-shek
    • 9 Not a Dinner Party: Mao Zedong, Part I
    • 10 Creative Destruction: Mao Zedong, Part II
    • 11 Black Cat, White Cat: Deng Xiaoping, Part I
    • 12 Turmoil: Deng Xiaoping, Part II
    • 13 Entering the World: Zhu Rongji
    • 14 No Enemies, No Hatred: Liu Xiaobo
    • 15 Conclusion: Rejuvenation
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  • Chapter 1
    Wealth and Power
    Introduction
  • Chapter 2
    Humiliation
    Wei Yuan
  • Chapter 3
    Self-Strengthening
    Feng Guifen
  • Chapter 4
    Western Methods, Chinese Core
    Cixi
  • Chapter 5
    New Citizen
    Liang Qichao
  • Chapter 6
    A Sheet of Loose Sand
    Sun Yat-sen
  • Chapter 7
    New Youth
    Chen Duxiu
  • Chapter 8
    Unification
    Chiang Kai-shek
  • Chapter 9
    Not a Dinner Party
    Mao Zedong, Part I
  • Chapter 10
    Creative Destruction
    Mao Zedong, Part II
  • Chapter 11
    Black Cat, White Cat
    Deng Xiaoping, Part I
  • Chapter 12
    Turmoil
    Deng Xiaoping, Part II
  • Chapter 13
    Entering the World
    Zhu Rongji
  • Chapter 14
    No Enemies, No Hatred
    Liu Xiaobo
  • Chapter 15
    Rejuvenation
    Conclusion

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