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I read this book years ago for a global history/cultural perspective:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_West_Rules%E2%80%94For_Now

Very much enjoyed it - one of the final conclusions was that China has seen the drop in its fortunes since the Opium wars as a minor blip in its history of a few thousand years of prominence, and would be correcting that minor blip in due course…