| | EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Premodern China |
 | | So, although China once led the world, it was unable to realize what is known as the "Scientific Revolution" whose origin may well have been oriental/Chinese (Hobson 2004). |
| | It has been argued that in the Ming-Qing Period the standards of living reached and stayed at a high level, comparable with the most wealthy parts of Western Europe by 1800 in material terms (Pomeranz 2000) and perhaps in education as well (Rawski 1979). |
| | The pivotal point of the debate about China’s long-term economic history has been why and how China did not go any further from its premodern achievements. |
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