Benjamin Elman
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Professor of East Asian Studies and History, Director, Program in East Asian Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Author of On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1500-1900 and others.
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China, country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as large as the whole of Europe. China is also one of the most populous countries in the world,β¦
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