hmmm does china have *any* history of limited government? i wonder if this is a defining feature of modernity, somehow? hmmmmmmm
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china has a very long history of well-established scholastic culture and negligible broad liberty makes u think about the importance of education in liberation per se makes u Think
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huh russian-chinese border was rooooooughly fixed in 1689 after russians backed down from a conflict with the Qing fascinating
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Yongzheng Emperor's tax reforms are fascinating reading leading me to believe that there have been perhaps no greater tax dodgers in history than the landholders of china
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Can't remember if it was Autumn in HK but I remember some expat living in Canton talking about watching several days of straight beheadings fill the streets from his window. Difficult to wrap your, uh, head around.
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Ah yeah, sixty-three beheaded in four minutes. Pretty efficientpic.twitter.com/LZlfJRLMlm
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What's this book you're reading?
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In Search of Modern China
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19thc American wars of conquest were, as well, comparatively. Mexico, The Sioux, and Georgia still exist.
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