I am aware that China had invented printing centuries before Gutenberg, but given the nature of Chinese characters it seems printing was much more difficult process. I know very little about Chinese history so my question is did China experience the same kind of information revolution with the invention of printing as Europe? If not did this contribute to the comparative lack of social upheaval/ the survival of feudalism in China up until the 20th century or was this more to do with the stronger centralized bureaucracy or a more innate difference in Chinese culture vs European cultures in this time? Maybe all were factors, how would you evaluate the importance in the difference in printing as a factor?