Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to...
by yorwba on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @06:18AM
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> One of the big differences is that China was a unified and stable empire.
Unified, yes; nominally, for short stretches of time. Stable, no; there was always war somewhere over land and power.
Look at the animation of territorial changes at the top of [1] and at the quick succession of dynasties. Consider that each time territory was conquered or a new dynasty rose to power, this was accomplished by war; and there were many more rebellions that were defeated by the ruling dynasty and didn't change much.
Unified, yes; nominally, for short stretches of time. Stable, no; there was always war somewhere over land and power.
Look at the animation of territorial changes at the top of [1] and at the quick succession of dynasties. Consider that each time territory was conquered or a new dynasty rose to power, this was accomplished by war; and there were many more rebellions that were defeated by the ruling dynasty and didn't change much.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_in_Chinese_history