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  1. Oct 2023
    1. corruption
    2. strikes and riots
    3. social structure was complicated.
    4. book printing, and popular works of entertainment were becoming more widespread.
    5. Golden Lotus, one of China's greatest novels, explores themes of greed and selfishness within elite family life

      self-awareness about capitalism and wealth suggests that it was a long-standing part of Chinese society

    6. vibrant cultural scene
    7. centralized nature of the state.
    8. China was the largest and most advanced empire at that time, with a large population and a well-established bureaucracy.

      most modern at that time?