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In what important ways was Europe more advanced than China before 1800? Here's one: work by Chinese historians suggests that in the period 1505-1644 about 50 new printed book editions were produced per year in the country, as against 3750 in West Europe. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.553.9220&rep=rep1&type=pdf …pic.twitter.com/rHJMl6sKzc
Printing is much older in China than Europe, book prices were low and cities gigantic. But people just didn't to seem care, more recent numbers all point the same way: there was very little demand for new books in China:pic.twitter.com/ihLFH72rDN
@Steve_Sailer related to your recent writing about European modes of thought
I wonder if this has anything to do with how unwieldy written Chinese is?
definitely seems as if that was a major factor hindering their advancement.
Is there a great Chinese novel that rivals any of the great Western works?
Romance of The Three Kingdoms for certain
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