China
August 21, 2008 – 5:50 pm by BHGavin Menzies, an amateur historian, is back with another book. His first book, which I did not read, claims that China discovered America. His new book claims the Chinese sparked the Renaissance. I have not read his new book either. For more see the telegraph (HT).
On a semi-related note, from Nicholas Kristoff we learn that: “China’s per-capita income was actually lower, adjusted for inflation, in the 1950s than it had been at the end of the Song Dynasty in the 1270s.” (NYT). The rest of the article eloquently lays out the case that we need not fear China’s rise.
