[2] The book covers the evolution of the Chinese history over the past 400 years, from the establishment of the Qing dynasty to the beginning of the 21st century.
[3] The Rise of Modern China was first published in 1970[4] by Oxford University Press in New York City.
[5] The Traditional Chinese translation of the sixth edition of the original book was published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press in Hong Kong in 2001, as 中國近代史.
[6] In 2008, the World Book Publishing House published The Rise of Modern China in simplified Chinese in Beijing,[7] using the title 中国近代史; Zhōngguó jìndài shǐ.
[8] This edition was heavily abridged,[9] with the last two parts of the original book omitted extensively.