jonathan d spence lets good "In Search of Modern China" read by a terrible british man just listen to the samplehttps://www.audible.com/pd/The-Search-for-Modern-China-Audiobook/B009AFTZ16 …
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i genuinely dont know that i'll be able to finish this
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spence suggests that china remains a premodern country in a certain sense this vibes kind of correct I _think_ he's saying this it's really hard to track over the voice
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wait is the pinyin system a psyop by CCP? they just rolled it out and said it was recommended and everyone went along with it even though its psychically hostile to english speakers?
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the Ming apparently banned cities from getting close to as large as the capitol they didnt want competing centers of power fascinating
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the more i learn about chinese political history the more i come to believe that western and chinese traditions, modes, and civilizations are genuinely deeply different
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just thinking about what happens when you have a large and entrenched bureaucracy controlling a giant country for millenia
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Replying to @eigenrobot @bronzebarbarian
Hmm the serfs might shrink very used to it.
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