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China was the world's leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again. What factors led to imperial China's decline? This book offers a systematic look at the Chinese state from the seventh century through to the twentieth.

Social networks --- China --- History. --- Politics and government --- History --- Agriculture (Chinese mythology). --- An Lushan Rebellion. --- An Lushan. --- Ancestral home (Chinese). --- Aristocracy. --- Beijing. --- British Overseas Territories. --- Bureaucrat. --- Cambodia. --- Capital accumulation. --- Central government. --- Chang'an. --- Chiang Kai-shek. --- China. --- Collective action. --- Communist revolution. --- Concubinage. --- Confucianism. --- Decolonization. --- Deportation. --- Dynasty. --- Economic inequality. --- Emperor of China. --- Expense. --- Fan Zhen. --- Forced migration. --- French Revolution. --- Gazetteer. --- Government of China. --- Guangxi. --- Han dynasty. --- Hong Xiuquan. --- Household. --- Hunter-gatherer. --- Imperial Government. --- Imperial State. --- Imperial examination. --- Income. --- Infrastructure. --- Institution. --- Jiajing Emperor. --- Jinggang Mountains. --- Karl Marx. --- Keynesian economics. --- Li Zicheng. --- Liao dynasty. --- Liu Zhi (historian). --- Mao Zedong. --- Max Weber. --- Measles. --- Minarchism. --- Ming dynasty. --- Monetization. --- Neo-Confucianism. --- Opium Wars. --- Opium. --- Ottoman Empire. --- Politics. --- Population decline. --- Processing (Chinese materia medica). --- Provinces of China. --- Qianlong Emperor. --- Qin (state). --- Qing Province. --- Qing dynasty. --- Rationing. --- Retirement. --- Ruler. --- Salary. --- Semarang. --- Service Tax. --- Shaanxi. --- Shandong. --- Sinophobia. --- Social group. --- Social science. --- Song dynasty. --- Southwestern United States. --- St. Louis. --- Taiping Rebellion. --- Tang dynasty. --- Tax cut. --- Tax rate. --- Tax revenue. --- Tax. --- Thomas Jefferson. --- Tigris–Euphrates river system. --- Total war. --- Trade route. --- Treaty of Nanking. --- Wang Anshi. --- Wanli Emperor. --- Warfare. --- Western United States. --- World government. --- Wuchang Uprising. --- Yongzheng Emperor. --- Yuan dynasty. --- Zhang Juzheng. --- Zheng (state). --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Politics and government. --- 1644-1912 --- History of Asia