The Shortest History of China

**‘A fascinating, enormously dynamic portrait of a superpower. Essential reading’ JULIA LOVELL

‘A fast-paced and witty survey of China’s past ... Iconoclastic, informative and more attentive to female figures than comparable works’ JEFFREY WASSERSTROM

‘Succinct, lucid and with a keen eye for detail, this slim book is an indispensable primer on China’ LOUISA LIM**

**A PACY HISTORY OF CHINA THAT CAN BE READ...