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| | | | In the seventeenth century, the Manchus (M?nzú ??), considered barbarians by the Chinese, conquered the Míng ? empire and established a new dynasty that would last almost three hundred years and lay the foundations of modern China: the Q?ng ? dynasty. | |
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| | | | At the end of the eighteenth century, the China of the Q?ng ? dynasty was one of the most advanced and powerful nations on the planet. But this would change radically in the following decades, almost overnight. The decline of the Q?ng began dramatically in the Opium Wars (Y?piàn Zhànzh?ng ????) and precipitated even faster in the following decades. | |
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| | What an interesting book! It'sthe very clever and utterly absorbing story of seven rogue-adventurers, told in a picaresque way somewhat reminiscent of Candide(which I read a long, long time ago when I was at university).Making no apology for its scholarly allusions,it's a sort of philosophical travel novel which begins at the turn of the 18th... |