Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners. Condensed China offers a lively, quirky, and interesting take on the events, trends, and accomplishments of China's past four thousand years. Starting from the Xia Dynasty, more than two thousand years before Christ, and moving up to today, the site touches on topics ranging from the development of Daoism to the handover of Hong Kong. in Public bookmarkswith chinesehistoryby 2 users