China, China, China. I was not surprised to read that China
was “the most urbanized country in the world” (WW page 244) It seems that China
was always ahead of the game. Papermaking was one of the biggest contributions
of China to the world. What I don’t understand is why it took so long for paper
to get to Spain, France, Germany and England.
China had power but still was not able to keep Korea,
Vietnam or Japan under its domain. But instead China was able to influence
these countries with their culture, religion and ways of seeing and doing
things. Korea, Vietnam and Japan chose to adopt and modify some of these
Chinese ways and opted to keep their own individuality and identity. They were
smart enough to adapt things according to their own needs. That’s why now a
days these Asian countries are so different but similar at the same time.
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