
Timothy Brook
Canadian historian and sinologist
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Jun 12, 2026
Was Chinese history shaped by climateflation?
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Alistair McEwenHOST
And what was it when you were looking at prices that suddenly made you think, "Okay, well, it needs to be more about the impacts of climate change"?

Timothy BrookGUEST
There were certain moments in the course of the Ming dynasty when prices just went through the roof.

Timothy BrookGUEST
Prices were very unstable at the beginning of the dynasty in the late 14th century.

Timothy BrookGUEST
They spiked again at the end of the 15th century, in the first third of the 16th century, the end of the 16th century, and then when the dynasty collapses, prices just became impossible.

Timothy BrookGUEST
And traditionally, this was understood as a failure of the government to provide for the people.
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Alistair McEwenHOST
And when there is famine and these kind of climate disasters, can you say something about the Confucian thinking?