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- From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
- Subject: Re: China(was More than 50% support TI)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.221529.6807@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:15:29 GMT
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- In article <C0AIrG.3p6@ulowell.ulowell.edu> cshi@cs.ulowell.edu (Chunde Shi) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan3.002820.27380@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
- >>
- >>Although I don't agree with Eric Law's argument, you're forgetting *a lot*
- >>of history. The Period of the Five Hu's. The North/South Dynasties. The
- >>Five Dynasties. Liao. Jin. In some senses, even Qin (the one that lasted
- >>only 15 years) was a barbaric invasion.
- >All those "babarians" are within the geographical entity. They were under
- >cetral government control or has to pay attributes to Central Government
- >during peace time.
-
- Hah. I guess you know less history than I thought.
-
- For some of the Five Hu's (Xiong-nu and Qian, for the most part), this was
- true, but it definitely wasn't true of the Shien-bei, who were outside the
- control of the Chinese government (Jin Dynasty). During the Northern
- Dynasties, *the "barbarians"* were the central governmental authority. Same
- for the Five Dynasties. Same for Liao (Chi-Dan) and Jin (Nu-Jen). If you
- insist on calling them "tribute-payers," then you must also include Yuen and
- Qin, who were "tribute-payers" to Jin and Ming, respectively.
- >>
- >>I am sure that the farmers in the Great Plains will have something to say
- >>about that. The Ukrainian plains (when weather/political situations
- >>permitting) are probably more fertile than the North China plains as well.
- >Please do not contend with me on this regard, It was one of my major.
-
- Please do not contend with me on history; it is one of my major.
-
- And if you got your education on this in China, I have a feeling that the
- fertility of the Northern China Plains is probably exaggerated. (Not a Chinese
- example, but a Soviet one; one defector told the American press that while in
- the Soviet Union, he was told that the Great Plains had bad crops every 2-3
- years. Hah.)
-
- >>China is never known for having all fertile lands; otherwise, there wouldn't
- >>have been so many famines in history. (I have a feeling that you don't know
-
- >Harvest fluctuation resulted from climate change or war. China had one of
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >oldest written language, those famine were recorded. Other parts of world
-
- I guess that tells something about the fertility of the land... You can
- say that the *Siberian Plains* would be fertile if the weather is always good,
- *but it won't be good*. Same for the Northern China Plains, which is very
- prone to draughts and floods.
-
- >, did not have rich and welthy managed land, did not support so many
- >population, when bad time came, famine did not hit as much at it did in
- >China.
-
- Hmmm... I guess this makes Ethiopian and Somalian lands the most fertile
- in the world. NOT.
-