Chinese Imperialism
The Chinese empire's history of imperialism is a long and action-packed saga that dates back to 221 B.C. While it would be ignorant to imagine that a chronicle of such significance could be explored in its entirety within the confines of a work as brief as this one (especially when many historians have found that they had to devote several volumes of text to the subject), we can still summarize the imperialistic efforts of China over the ages, and understand how it has shaped the course of contemporary history, as well as China's current imperialistic objectives.
The Chinese imperial dynastic system of government was established in 221 B.C. (under the Ch'in Empire, the dynasty considered by historians to be the first to rule a unified China) and remained in tact until 1911 A.D., when it was overturned and eventually replaced by the Communist government that still exists in China to this day. While there are eight major forces of dynastic rule to have......
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