Sinicization

Review of Wittfogel and Feng 1949 in Scientific American, of all places

After reading chapter 5 of Fairbank's China: A New History, I follow up with some searching into the last great work (or is there a newer one?) summing up the first major incursion of 'alien' peoples onto Chinese lands: the Khitans (or Qidan, or also Chitan, apparently). Somehow, I feel like questioning the objectivity of this most esteemingly objective periodical.

Still, how awesome would it be if Chinese history were still considered a topic for Scientific American?