Maritime trade initiated by the Abbasid Caliphate shifted Chinese economic power toward the coast, threatening regional balance and imperial security.
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Coastal Cities
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"And by the time of the Song, they're actually congregating to the coast. All right? So why is this happening? It's happening because of..."
"...China. Shanghai is one of China's richest cities. It is a coastal city, so it's access to, it's basically very cosmopolitan. It's very forward..."
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China had the technologies that made modernity possible, then built a political culture that made those technologies inert.
The interview begins with a familiar Western panic: Shanghai tops PISA again, so maybe the future belongs to China.
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