250 YEARS LATER: TIME FOR AN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE

By Evan Mantyk Before the communists, the study of Chinese history was traditionally quite profound. It mapped out a detailed life cycle of an empire, or dynasty, like the life of an organism.It begins when a great hero emerges, gains military victory, and begins the new era—like a baby being painfully then joyously born. The population increases, culture flourishes, prosperity abounds...