This book, first published in 1939, is an account of J. Gunnar Andersson's travels in China from 1914 to 1927 while he was serving as a mining advisor to the Chinese government. Andersson discusses China's political and economic situation at the time, including the fight for unity, and the future of the region. This book will be of interest to students of history and Asian Studies.

J. Gunnar Andersson

China Fights for the World; Chapter One Greater Shanghai; Chapter Two A Pilgrim Sees Mecca; Chapter Three Spring on the Purple Mountain; Chapter Four Time Flies Quickly Over China; Chapter Five Chiang Kai-Shek and the Northern Campaign; Chapter Six Chiang Fights for the Unity of the Country; Chapter Seven Reconstruction; Chapter Eight The New Life Movement; Chapter Nine Chiang and the Reds; Chapter Ten The Sian Episode; Chapter Eleven Japan's Continental Policy; Chapter Twelve From Lu Kou Chiao to the Yellow River; Chapter Thirteen Good-Bye to Peking; Chapter Fourteen The Fight for Shanghai; Chapter Fifteen The Burning of Chapei; Chapter Sixteen The Fall of Nanking; Chapter Seventeen The Struggle for Hsuchow and Hankow; Chapter Eighteen Guerrillas; Chapter Nineteen The War and the Great Powers; Chapter Twenty Hong Kong and Port Courbet; Chapter Twenty-One The Future of East Asia;