China was an advancing and growing power as late as the c18. Only in the
c19 facing and industrial Europe, was China overwhelmed.
Kenneth Gauck
c558382@showme.missouri.edu
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> China was an advancing and growing power as late as the c18. Only in the
> c19 facing and industrial Europe, was China overwhelmed.
>
Actually, by the 17th century (if not earlier) China was already in
(another) decline. But China was so far ahead of everyone at the time, that
it took a long time for this decline to be manifested in tangible losses.