@henrydampier @kantbot2000 At the time the Boxers were doing that, Chinese capitalists were building infrastructure of country's modernity.
@henrydampier @kantbot2000 All the Treaty Ports were undergoing massive development, electrification, telegraphy, mechanical printing ...
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@kantbot2000 There's a completely false idea that the country was fundamentally stagnant. ... -
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@kantbot2000 ... It was 'blocked', only because there were tidal forces that pressed up against the blockages.
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