How did China respond to modernity (19th Century)?
China is a population paradox. Most of it’s population continues activity in agrarian production. However, because of the supply of cheap labor, population overburden in the large cities, cultural focus on intellectual achievement, accommodation for industrial necessity to provide the product cheaper than most other countries, China as a nation is truly accelerating their production of consumer goods as well as scientific discovery. Little by little, the Chinese government is participating in global economics. This is not a new concept, but it displays the understanding of the benefit of global participation. China and Japan are the largest consumers of Iron and iron alloys produced in this nation. My take is that China has yet to explore the available natural resources of their nation, and if they have, they are using the resources of other nations, and saving their own for the future.
