The book in question is The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations: The History of China, by David Curtis Wright The book linked is the second edition, but I'm reading the first.
I've already been reading it for a little bit now, but I'm slightly worried about its historical accuracy since I read about the book in the series on Japan portraying a myth concerning Nobunaga's death as fact. I know that that book and this one were written by different authors so it's kind of silly for me to even be asking this, but this is my first book on this subject and I don't want to get some falsehood implanted in my head as fact, however unlikely and easy-to-correct that may be. Thanks in advance.
From what I've seen so far, the accuracy doesn't seem bad, but then again the author glosses over the period which I've more knowledge of (imperial China) and concentrates more on modern China. He is also providing more of a commentary on how the society developed, rather than any solid facts that can really be considered right or wrong.
An interesting read for newcomers I guess, but not one I personally would recommend.