Title: The China Reader: Imperial China. BY Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell. New York: Random House, 1967. xxv, 322 pp. Chronology, Bibliography. $6.95. - The China Reader: Republican China. By Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell. New York: Random House, 1967. xvi, 394 pp. Chronology, Bibliography. $6.95. - The China Reader: Communist China. By Franz Schurmann aND Orville Schell. New York: Random House, 1967. xix, 667 pp. Chronology, Bibliography. $7.95.