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> They've already developed at an astonishing rate, perhaps quicker than any other large nation in world history. Although I think that says more about the inc
by wmil 11y ago
> They've already developed at an astonishing rate, perhaps quicker than any other large nation in world history.
Although I think that says more about the incompetence of the Mao government. China had a long history of education, commerce, technology, and relative peace. It had no business being that poor.
- Mikeb85 11y agoImmediately prior to Mao however they had colonialism, the Opium Wars, the Boxer rebellion, civil war, invasion by the Japanese and WWII. They were a poor, war ravaged agrarian state. And in ~65 years the world's largest economy.