SARS and China

xoxoxoBruce · 05-10-2003, 10:27 AM

Billy, you refer to China as an old country. From the little I know about about your history, It seems to me China is a very old culture but a young country.
Wasn't China always a bunch of different ethnic groups with different dialects and customs?
Weren't these groups constantly shifting alliances and power struggles?
Didn't various parts of China struggle under different foreign powers for several hundred years, not really becoming a single country with a national identity until the 20th century?

05-10-2003, 10:27 AM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Billy, you refer to China as an old country. From the little I know about about your history, It seems to me China is a very old culture but a young country. Wasn't China always a bunch of different ethnic groups with different dialects and customs? Weren't these groups constantly shifting alliances and power struggles? Didn't various parts of China struggle under different foreign powers for several hundred years, not really becoming a single country with a national identity until the 20th century? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 05-10-2003 at 10:33 AM.

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