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China is the largest coal producing country in the world. Why did China not have an industrial revolution?
by bryanrasmussen 3y ago
China is the largest coal producing country in the world. Why did China not have an industrial revolution?
- ben_w 3y agoNot that it changes your point in the slightest, but China is about the size of all western Europe, so that should be more like "why didn't Shaanxi[0] have an industrial revolution?" [0] picked for size, not mineral abundance; I don't want to waste time delving into exactly which part of China is currently mining however much coal.
- Log_out_ 3y agoChina has a very centralized structure, he who holds the central planes is king of the hill. So technological competition like in the battle sponge of Europe never took off. Centralization is then arch nemesis of progress.