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China as a Military Power 1700-2050

Professor Jeremy Black examines the impact of modernity and the West on China, and China¡¯s reaction in his article on the evolution of China as a military power.

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28 June 2013

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Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. In this, the second of his two articles on the evolution of China as a military power over the last thousand years, Professor Black examines the impact of modernity and the West on China, and China¡¯s reaction. Professor Black uses this as the basis to project forward to 2050 and to consider some of the possible implications of China¡¯s military history for its future.

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