Question

explain the reason favouring shift from hand printing to mechanical printing in China

Answer 1

Imperial state of China had maintained huge bureaucracy officials .That officials were selected through exams.For the exam state was publishing textbooks for exam.As the passed,number of people taking exam increased. Urban culture bloomed,cities developed merchants began to use print for keeping records. Reading became a leisure activity With the arrival of Europeans machine technology came and shanagai became center of print in China