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China as a Military Power 1700-2050

Professor Jeremy Black examines the impact of modernity and the West on China, and China’s reaction in his article on the evolution of China as a military power.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 28 June 2013

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军事大国——中国（1700-2050年）

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Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. In this, the second of his two articles on the evolution of China as a military power over the last thousand years, Professor Black examines the impact of modernity and the West on China, and China’s reaction. Professor Black uses this as the basis to project forward to 2050 and to consider some of the possible implications of China’s military history for its future.

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Published 28 June 2013