Coincidentally, this is though to be one of the reasons why the Industrial Revolution occurred in the West. Because of the excess of cheap, expendable labour i

Coincidentally, this is though to be one of the reasons why the Industrial Revolution occurred in the West. Because of the excess of cheap, expendable labour in China and India, there was never really any push for mechanization and automation and associated development of technology and methods related to mechanized production. Of course, the ascendance of the science in the West also contributed substantially.