The book begins with the Qing Empire in 1750. The Quings where the Manchus from Manchuria who had conquered the Chinese Empire from the Ming Dynasty. Through the Quings, China as a nation had focused around the imperial dynasty even if the emperor was not actually from the majority Han or even Chine...
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