The Historian Showing How Trade Shaped China’s Ties to the World
For decades, Li Bozhong has argued that understanding China’s long-term economic development begins with Jiangnan — the fertile delta south of the Yangtze River, where preindustrial China achieved a level of productivity rivaling Europe’s. Now 76 and chair professor of humanities at Peking University, Li has spent his career combining…
bubmagOctober 16, 2025