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Industrial Revolution In China During The Ming-Qing Period

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Discuss the reasons why an Industrial Revolution did not occur in China during the Ming/Qing period.
I. Introduction
Industrial revolution refers to an era of large scale industrialization and rural societies became industrial and urban. During the period, a revolution in power induced the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as mechanization of agriculture and special-purpose machinery for textile manufacturing. Besides a greater range and volume of manufactured goods, it also brought about significant impacts on social cultural and economics conditions such as improved living standard and systems of communication.
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