BobRingReflections

In most of my previous history blogs, I completely ignored China and focused on the Western World - a significant limitation in some cases.  In the meantime, China has emerged as a superpower with designs to outperform the United States.  It is time to take a look at how China did it, and what this means to the U.S.   I’m going to divide this story into two parts.  In this blog (Part 1), after an introduction, I will discuss China’s history in three eras on the historical timeline: prehistory, ancient China, and imperial Chine, up to the year 1911.  In Part 2, I will discuss the history of modern China, from 1912, what the future of China might look like, and how this relates to the United States on the world stage.  Part 2 will end with a few interesting facts about China.  At the end of both parts, I will list my principal sources.   Introduction This introduction will describe China today; the balance of this article and Part 2 wi...