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Why does Xi Jinping host the Central Asian leaders at a #Tang-themed site? Victor K. Fong has a chapter that explains the current political uses of Tang (618-907) history and the 'deep historical roots of the "China dream"' 1/
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The Tang succeeded in founding a stable state that firmly united China after centuries of division (well, let's not forget the hapless Sui 581/9-618, but they collapsed quickly and didn't come to be remembered for their glory as the Tang did) 2/
The reign of the second Tang Emperor, Tang Taizong (Li Shimin, 598-649), who came to power after a fratricidal palace coup in 626, became known as a period of cultivation and prosperity, the fairness of its legal and administrative systems, and... 3/
Inspired by my answer on @askhistorians yesterday, I decided to share a thread about #Slavery in #China. What was slavery like in China? Who were #Chinese slaves? And how did it differ from slavery in the West?
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A thread... 1/
#history #twitterstorians #HistoryMatters @AjamMC
Slavery in the sense of "coercion of labor from people who are not free to choose their fate" has a long history in China. For the most part, slaves came from various sources and were not always tied to race or ethnicity - although they sometimes were. 2/
Slaves could be peasants, commoners adopted into families, poor children, peasant women, eunuchs, and Chinese or non-Chinese captured in wars. Small amounts of black African slaves were brought by - and usually working under - Europeans and Arab traders. 3/
