WHY CHINA

WITHOUT INDUSTRIALIZATION SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION IS NOT POSSIBLE THIS IS WHY POOR COUNTRY INNOVATE FAR LESS CONFUCIAN CHINA DID NOT INDUSTRIALIZE BECAUSE THE CHINESE ELITES DEEMED THAT HARMONY WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROGRESS THUS THEY CONSIDERED TRADE WITH OTHER NATIONS BARBARIC, THEY OUTLAWED OVERSEA TRADE, DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED GUNPOWDER WEAPONRY AND WERE NOT INTERESTED IN EUROPEAN INVENTIONS CHINESE INTELLECTUALS WERE ALSO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FURTHER INHIBITING THEIR POTENTIAL