States of Play by Sam Olsen

States of Play by Sam Olsen

When the Mongols ruled China

China History 10: The Yuan Dynasty

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Sam Olsen
Oct 16, 2021
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Dear fellow China watchers,

Today I’m returning to my History of China series. As I’ve said many times before, it is impossible to understand either the nature of modern China, or the actions of its leaders, without a knowledge of the country’s past. One of the reasons that foreign dominance is so despised, for example, is the lingering ancestral memory …

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