examine. The Rise of the East was a genuine
novelty and not just the reaf?rmation of an existing reality through
a fresh super-Kondratieff.
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Politics: The Genius of T’ang
The Rise of the East was basically a matter of politics. Between ad500
and 1000the Chinese political systemand by derivation China’s
position in the world orderwas transformed by successive changes
which may be called the Sui-T’ang refoundationthe silver T’ang
restorationand the Sung counter-revolution. By contrastin Western
Eurasiathat is in IndiaIslamdomthe Byzantine empire and Latin
Christendomthere was either less progressnegative progressno
progressor progress deferred which only gave results in the long run.
China’s progresshowevergave results both immediately and in the
long run. Immediatelybetween 500 and 1000China became the
best ordered state in the worldwith all the economicsocial and
intellectual side bene?ts which went with good government. In the
long runthat period established what has been China’s most
conspicuous political characteristic ever since: the continuity of the
form of ideologica,
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