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▲ esafak 2 hours ago

Was the mentality different when Imperial China was rich, and will it change again as it becomes richer?

▲xandrius 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Who was rich in Imperial China? In most travelogues I've read about China in the 1800s, there was huge and deep poverty then too.

▲vondur an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Just like with most Empires, that wealth was heavily concentrated with the rich and powerful, a very small group of elites.