Question

How did china remains a major producer of printed materials for a long period of time?

Answer 1

because they were first to invent paper

Answer 2

Explanation:

. 1. Merchants used print in their everyday life as they collected trade information.

2. Text books for the civil services examination were printed in vast numbers under the sponsorship of the imperial state.

3. The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, romantic plays.

4. Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and plays.

5. Wives of scholar and officials published their work and courtesans wrote about their lives.