I loved Scott Morton's book on Japan. The China book, however, was difficult to get through. I think part of the reason is that China is too big. I've tried other books on Chinese history and they all seem to have the same problem. There is so much going on its hard to get a feel for each time period. To get a more intimate look China's history would probably have to be studied by region (or by periods).

I think the resons I gave it 4 stars is because in some parts it was confusing but in the most it was good. See I had a repport to write and the book realy stared me of with info.It was realy innteresting though.