The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368This volume deals with four non Chinese regimes: the Khitan dynasty of Liao; the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia; the Jurchen empire of Chin; and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty that eventually engulfed the whole of China. It investigates the historical background from which these regimes emerged and shows how each in its own way set up viable institutions for the control of a multi racial, multi lingual, and multi cultural population. It discusses these problems