ive already said so , so many times the accepted theory as to why this is. EVery historian even agrees the most technologically *rich civilization on earth from around 2,000 BC to 1300 AD are the chinese, and this will be like my 5th time posting this now    Its very interesting you know, that the europeans took many chinese inventions (compass, rockets,precursor to guns) and through their constant warfare *AND* breaking through the shackles of the church went through a technological revolution good for them! A compass and a bamboo tube that shoots sparks , woopti dooo:D White people didn't need compasses anyways, they navigated using the stars and sun in the sky. ;) Yes, I did read all of that stuff you posted previously, and yes, we would have had printing without Chinese because Gutenberg developed his printing independent of East Asian influence as far as we know. Also, yes the word paper is derived from the ancient Egyptian word Papyrus, it was like paper only thicker.    Why do you care about Chinese so much anyhow? You're Japanese.