More than a century ago, Somerset Maugham wrote his Vignettes of China under the title On a Chinese Screen. Since then, China has seen numerous upheavals including take-over by the Communists led by Mao Zedong, The Cultural Revolution, economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping and the current hegemonic regime of Xi Jinping. Myriad scholarly books on various aspects of life in China have been written. The aim of the present work is to give a peep, in a single book, into the eventful history and culture of China extending from ancient times to the modern era.