Climate+-+Qing

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Source: []    Shen Xiaoying, Chen Jiaqi // ( Nanjing Institute of Georaphy & Limnology, Chinese Academy  // // of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, PRC) // [] (1) Spielvogel, Jackson J. "Qing Dynasty" World History (2) Naquia and Rawski. "Qing Society" Chinese Society in the Eighteeth Century
 * Climate and Geographic Factors: **
 * Between the end of the Ming Dynasty and beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the climate was warm.
 * There was a lot of heat energy.
 * Cropping of rice in Taihu Lake Basin could grow with no protection.
 * They soon entered a little ice age.
 * Double cropping of rice nearly went though local extinction and grain production decreased drastically.
 * Bad weather such as floods and droughts ruined harvest.
 * Rice crops ruined by typhoons that hit the coastal areas late in the summers. 343.
 * South had a wetter climate, easy to grow rice.
 * North had a drier climate for wheat production.

Book source: China's imperial past. Charles O. Hucker.

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/1xarqing.htm