A Journey Through China's History—Through Millennia of Early Innovation to a High-Tech Future Kung fu, tofu, tea, trade routes, ancient sages, and silk—for millennia, China has influenced the world's cuisine, trade, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy.
The history of the Celestial Empire is full of heroes and villains, flourishing eras and brutal uprisings, cultural flourishes and censorship restrictions, dissidents and wits. And the history of women in China—from the first female warriors to the suffragettes of the twentieth century—remains largely unknown.
The historical ghosts of corruption and disunity that destroyed many powerful dynasties continue to haunt the People's Republic of China today. Modern China is perceived in various ways: as an economic powerhouse, a symbol of urbanization, a propagandist and aggressive superpower seeking world domination.
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