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The Problem of China

by Bertrand Russell (1872–1970)

16 chapters, about 59,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. QUESTIONS 3,200 words
2. CHINA BEFORE THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 5,600 words
3. CHINA AND THE WESTERN POWERS 3,600 words
4. MODERN CHINA 5,900 words
5. JAPAN BEFORE THE RESTORATION 2,500 words
6. MODERN JAPAN 4,800 words
7. JAPAN AND CHINA BEFORE 1914 2,500 words
8. JAPAN AND CHINA DURING THE WAR 4,400 words
9. THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE 2,400 words
10. PRESENT FORCES AND TENDENCIES IN THE FAR EAST 6,400 words
11. CHINESE AND WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONTRASTED 3,900 words
12. THE CHINESE CHARACTER 4,200 words
13. HIGHER EDUCATION IN CHINA 2,600 words
14. INDUSTRIALISM IN CHINA 3,400 words
15. THE OUTLOOK FOR CHINA 3,400 words
16. APPENDIX 300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bolshevism
• Confucianism
• History of China
• Language
• Lu (state)
• Tao

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