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Imperial China invented the printing press and applied it to centralize power through uniform edicts and the first printed money; the resulting bureaucratic rigidity left the hierarchy unable to respond to internal corruption and to external invaders.

China invented the printing press and used it to centralize power—politically with uniform edicts and economically with the first printed money. Eventually, the hierarchy couldn't re- spond to internal corruption and external threats such as Mongolian, Manchurian, and Western imperial invaders.

Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021), Chapter 9. Historical sketches of centralization vs. decentralization, p. 3
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Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Historical Sketches of Centralization vs. Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782193

• Imperial China's use of printing for political and economic centralization

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