Jiang Tingfu 
Modern Chinese History 

The book is divided into four chapters: suppression and comfort of foreign countries, Hong Xiuquan and Zeng Guofan, self-improvement and its failure, partition and national rejuvenation. It mainly includes: Britain asks China to enter into diplomatic relations, the British do the opium trade, east-west fights, the loss of the nation”s time for 20 years, the beginning of unequal treaties, the cycle of old society and so on.