China Tells

In the last 500 years, there has been a great change of World Powers in terms of the terran that they control. There are a few notable changes: 1) British Empire used to control the world’s biggest size of terrans, through direct governing or colonial management. However after they achieved the peak in 1900s, the advantage has been totally smashed by two world wars; 2) American territory started to expand in the late 1700s but they never grow much bigger even during 1900s and 2000s with its empire power dominating the world; 3) Chinese is the only country with a stable control of the terran size in the last 500 years; 4) Some western european powers, such as Spanish, Portuguese and French seem to have a short life time of territory control.

过去的五百年间，大国崛起，轮流坐庄。但是沧海桑田，谁也没有能够保持长盛不衰。最显著的例子即大英帝国，曾经拥有全球超过15%的领土，堪称前无古人后无来者，但是经历了两次世界大战，其对海外的影响力日渐微弱。中国人控制的领土似乎在过去500年中是最稳定的，除了少许损失，几乎没有什么大的变化。