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Then, in the middle of the 19 th century, China suffered at the hands of European imperial powers, which gained technological and industrial superiority over China, using this to force trading concessions from the Ching Dynasty.

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By 'real magic,' people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers.

These people, by their actions, were able to do what the powers that be, North and South, could not or would not do.

The solar power of all the factory centers and all the industrial zones with their light roofs powers the city.

Whereas we tend to view it as an intruder, a stranger, certainly an organ whose powers need to be limited or defined and constrained, the Chinese don't see the state like that at all.

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