This book offers a comprehensive understanding of the developments in the modern Chinese history since the Opium War in 1840, by reflecting on the history of the Communist Party of China, the history of China since 1949, the history of the economic reform and opening up, and the history of China's socialist institutional construction respectively. Taking time as the warp and events as the weft, it tries to summarize the fundamental changes across the past 200 years in China, which the author believes have been a glorious journey from poverty and weakness to rejuvenation. In context, this book tries to rationalize the formation of the governing laws of the Communist Party of China, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of human historical development. It aims to provide a perspective for the international community to understand China's fundamental ideal of peaceful development.

Offers a comprehensive understanding of modern China's historical development since the Opium War in 1840 Focuses on offering a systematic study of the theory and practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics till present Written with accessible language supported by detailed historical data

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Wang Po-Hsun is an associate professor in Design Science, the director of Ph.D. program, and the vice dean at the Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, China. He pursued his Ph.D. in Design Science from National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, in 2015. He has published three monographs with Tsinghua University Press, China Business Press, and Economic Science Press, and more than ten peer-reviewed articles. His research interests relate to visual communication design, design culture research, urban and rural planning and design, world cultural heritage, overall community construction, cultural and creative industries, visual communication design, city brand image, advertising, and marketing planning. Jie Li is an assistant professor in Product Design and Development at the Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, China. She gained her Doctor of Science degree from Aalto University, Finland in 2022. She is responsible for a few research projects, such as Empathic Engineering, the DigiTally, Tacit Knowledge Transformation, and User Ontology Model. Also, she is an invited reviewer of some essential design journals, such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Design, Design Studies, and Design Science. Her research interests include human-centered design, user understanding, empathy, cultural influences in design, data-driven design, and user ontology model.

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Chapter 1 Changes Unseen in a Century.- Chapter 2 Sleeping Giant Has Waken Up.- Chapter 3 The History that Keeps Moving Forward.- Chapter 4 For the Foundation of the People's Republic of China.- Chapter 5 The Tortuous Exploration of Modernization.- Chapter 6 The Great Awakening of the Reform and Opening-up.- Chapter 7 Making Strikes to Catch up the Times.- Chapter 8 Entering the 21st Century with a New Posture.- Chapter 9 Opening up a New Era.- Chapter 10 A New Leap in the Sinicization of Marxism.- Chapter 11 For a Better Life of the People.- Chapter 12 Winning the Three Critical Battles Against Potential Risk, Poverty, and Pollution.- Chapter 13 Using Self-reform to Lead Social Reform.- Chapter 14 Solving the Hard Problem of National Governance.- Chapter 15 Warm and Cold, We Share Together.