CIBL Lecture: China as a Superpower during the Ming Period, 1368–1644 AD

Join us for an evidence-based exploration of China during the Ming Period (1368–1644) , when the empire stood as a global leader in science, technology, trade, GDP and many other fields.

Abstract:China was once a global leader in science, technology, trade, GDP, and many other areas. This talk will substantiate these points with solid evidence drawn from China’s Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).

Speaker biography:Professor Kent Deng research interests and writing includes the rise of the literati in the economic life of pre-modern China; the maritime economic history of pre-modern China; the economic role of the Chinese peasantry.
Other key topics in his work are the developmental deadlock of the Chinese premodern economy; long-term demography of premodern China; early modern railway development in China; Chinese fiscal state and its impact on the economy.