"Imperial China, which accounts for most of the past 2000 years of mainland Chinese political history" is political theatre. > China was politically divided du

"Imperial China, which accounts for most of the past 2000 years of mainland Chinese political history" is political theatre. > China was politically divided during multiple periods in its history, with different regions ruled by different dynasties. These dynasties effectively functioned as separate states with their own court and political institutions. Political division existed during the Three Kingdoms, the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periods, among others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_in_Chinese_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasties_in_Chinese_history