China's Path Toward National Rejuvenation Review and Reflections

China’s Path Toward National Rejuvenation: Review and Reflections presents the tortuous journey the Chinese nation has gone through in pursuing and achieving the socio-political ideal of national rejuvenation for more than 100 years since the first Opium War (1840–1842). Beginning with a critical account of the late-Qing historical events such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the Westernization Movement, the Hundred Days’ Reform of 1898, and the Revolution of 1911, it goes on to focus on how the Communist Party of China (CPC), through integrating the theory of Marxism with the actual conditions and concrete practices in China, eventually led the Chinese people to win the victory in the New Democratic Revolution (1919–1949). The founding of the People’s Republic ushered in a new era of building socialism with Chinese characteristics, as aptly represented by the country’s reform and opening up program undertaken since 1978. Divided into four parts, the book examines the entire historical process of and reveals the basic patterns behind such a huge endeavor and achievement of the Chinese nation, and also reflects upon the experiences and lessons learned in the course of pursuing national rejuvenation.