The retrospective history of the People's Republic of China

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• The history in general of the People's Republic of China

• The history of archaic (prehistoric) China
• The history of Ancient China to the 7th Century A.D.
• The history of Feudal China, from the Tang Dynastry to 1911
• The history of the Republic of China (1911-1949)
• The early history of the People's Republic of China (1949–1986)

The Once and Future China

By Jonathan D. Spence, Foreign Policy, January\February 2005. China continues to carry echoes of its past. And yet, the difficulty of drawing any direct links between its past and present is demonstrated by the fact that any topic can shift in perspective depending on where you enter China's vast chronology.