Opium wars were when China tried to force Britain to buy opium

Shameful

if you're ***having*** rebellions, you're at a certain level of development

At one point under colonialism, Africa had some of the high developed cities in the world

What were the countless treaties that foreign nations forced china to sign?

which is ***far*** ahead of that of sub-saharan africa

this is a joke

@Nerthulas. nice moving of the goal posts. I'm not talking about development. I'm talking about wealth.

South africa used to be a nuclear power in fact

The wealth of nations

Comes from one source

buh buh booty

China had become incredibly poor by the time of the Xinhai revolution.

Now according to you, this is due to genes.

I use development and wealth interchangeably, besides, China wouldn't pass the standard for poverty in terms of wealth either

So when China becomes the largest economy today, this is ALSO due to genes.

they had their own state

foreign genes get it right city gayboi

they could levy taxes

China, in 1900, wouldn't pass the

holy shit

not a comparable situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LIHuUXxKc

If a nation is poor once. No that’s not genes. If a nation has always been poor since the beginning of time. Genes are a valid hypothesis

China in 1900 was ***fucking rich***

Do you KNOW how many Chinese peasants were starving to death every year in China pre revolution?

imagine

God you're just bullshitting now.

compared to most of the world for most of history

cocaine being legal

again

lol, get some historical perspective

Ad hominem

You lost

Chinese life expectancy was literally in the 30s

that's rich?

Are you kidding me?

Mean or median life expectancy

so development =/= wealth, but life expectancy = wealth?

it doesn't matter if the peasants are dying, peasants die, that doesn't mean that the country isn't rich