第1个回答 2010-01-10
China has one of the world's oldest civilizations and has the oldest continuous civilization.[1] It has archaeological evidence dating back over 5,000 years.[2] China had the largest economy for most of the last two millenia; until the 1850s when it missed the industrial revolution. Subsequently, imperialism, wars and civil wars damaged the country and its economy for most of the twentieth century. In the 1970s, economic reforms transformed the country and made it one of the major economic powers once again.