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the_very_next_day t1_ixc3jrw wrote

Reply to comment by mauganra_it in Ancient shipwreck sees light of day again, a major milestone for Chinese underwater archaeology by IslandChillin

I'd have thought that modern Chinese history starts with the fall of the qing dynasty, but anyway there's a difference between "not modern" and "ancient"

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mauganra_it t1_ixc53ba wrote

The decline of Chinese civilization during the 19th century is a major departure from the flow of Chinese history until then. China has been conquered many times, but so far the conquerors always assimilated to Chinese civilization. Colonization by foreign powers and the Unequal Treaties were a new pattern, and these events still loom large in the collective psyche of the Chinese people.

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