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1 The original Warring States Period (the Chinese one) can be framed in similar terms. While Qin unification was a kind of creation, it also required the elimination of potential ‘alternative Chinas’ (the contrast between Qin and Chū particularly stark) that might have persisted had the era gone differently.
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