Significant moments in modern Chinese history up into the Deng Xiaoping era.

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Hittler Is In the List!

How mercantilism and Asian Stagnation in the 1600’s was caused by Asian societies not conforming to European ways.

A Quick overview of the Ming Dynasty’s fall and the rise of Qing Dynasty and the Chinese relations with the Europeans during the early 1700s.

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