Published in 1980 this book contains many photographs and some drawings and maps by Illustrated Arts. It has a Time-chart, exercises and teachers' notes. It provides a course on modern Chinese history which can link with geography, art and craft. Many would find it informative outside the school world.

Twenty chapters cover a period from 1839 to 1979 and include The Boxer Rebellion, Sun Yat Sen Rebellion, Warlords, Mao and the Communist Party, the Northern Expedition, The Kiangsi Soviet, The Long March, War with Japan, the People's Republic, Industry, Communes, Health & Welfare, Education, Leisure, The Cultural Revolution, China and the World 1949-79, China since Mao.