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Wang Yuhua's paradox, as Jiang presents it, is that China's wealth and imperial security move in opposite directions: rich Tang emperors are vulnerable, poorer Qing emperors are stable.
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's central claim: late Inferno is where private vice hardens into social design.
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Ming and Qing trade restriction reflects a Chinese priority for internal stability over wealth and prosperity.
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"So that's the answer. But then this gives rise to another question, which is, how was China able to create national unity? All right?..."
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"...this is the Tang Dynasty. But when you look at the Qing, Qing only had 5 % of the world's GDP, and it was..."
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"...a trade ban enforced in the Ming Dynasty. Okay? And the Qing Dynasty will continue this policy as well. For China, the priority is..."
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"...yes uh maybe because just like you you're unique in the qing dynasty and they just try to uh steal something for emperor because..."
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"...But at no point, using any metrics, would you assume that Qing would be the first country that would come conquer China? And there..."
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"...these three metrics we can now better understand why that the Qing Dynasty was able to conquer all of China okay so the idea..."
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"...and then take over. And that's what happens. That's why the Qing were able to conquer the warring states. Okay, they don't teach you..."
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"...over here is this poor backward and isolated people called the Qing and these were Barbarians okay so how was it possible for the..."
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"...is stagnant and now what's happening is first of all the Qing Qing is being recruited into the wars because the Qing is poor..."
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"they go guys they go to the Qing okay now you have people coming in as well and now what's happening is that the..."
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"...lazy stupid and arrogant okay and that's and that's why the Qing is easily able to destroy all three together okay and that's why..."
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"...the question then is how? Well, the same reason why the Qing was able to conquer the Zhao, the Wei, and the Chu, right?..."
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