“What features of Japan or China bear on their lack of progress from commerce to industry?” Between the 1400s and 1800s, China, f

Page 483 of the textbook is attached. Please consider and answer the first question that’s posed under “Focus Questions.” (Only the first question.) Namely, “What features of Japan or China bear on their lack of progress from commerce to industry?” Between the 1400s and 1800s, China, for example, was quite commercially dynamic, as chapter 18 describes. And yet an industrial revolution never happened. So, what this question means is: based on your reading of the chapter, please speculate on what you think the most important reasons for the absence of this industrial breakthrough might have been. You should focus on China rather than Japan, but you might get a higher grade if you briefly discuss Japan as well. Your answer should be about two or three pages double-spaced, and should be based on what you’ve read in the chapter.