Intro:
They say those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, a sentiment that underpins new research that’s identified three key drivers behind the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Once an economy that was considerably wealthier in its time than modern-day China, it crumbled in 1912, and the proposed reasons behind it sound a little too close to home.
Related:
Georg Orlandi, Daniel Hoyer, et al.
Structural-Demographic Analysis of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) Collapse in China
SocArXiv Preprint (2022).
Georg Orlandi , Daniel Hoyer, et al.
Structural-demographic analysis of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) collapse in China
PLOS ONE (2023).