I did a quick search, this might not be a bad place to start (it references the primary source, raw data, and file usage: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

I did a quick search, this might not be a bad place to start (it references the primary source, raw data, and file usage: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_AD_to_2003_AD_Historical_Trends_in_global_distribution_of_GDP_China_India_Western_Europe_USA_Middle_East.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_AD_to_2003_AD_Hist... Wikipedia has a good summary both of the Economic history of China [1] and the Great Divergence [2] (really comes to a head with the collapse of the Qing dynasty). Although devestated by civil war and WW2, IMO China really doesn't descend into complete craziness until the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution [3] that devastated China economically, socially, and culturally (lost generation, send-down movement, red guards, etc). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_before_1912 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_befo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence#China [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(1949%E2%80%93present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_China_(194...