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The Dynasties of China

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By Jan Dash, Adelaide, Australia

Sept. 30, 2008, 9:09 a.m. ET

I鈥檓 reading The Dynasties of China by Bamber Gascoigne. With China in the daily news, it鈥檚 edifying to find something brief and highly readable about China鈥檚 long history.