{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "One of the things that stuck with me was that after the classic attempted Chinese invasions blown off by the original kamikaze...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/648606197215264768/", "html": "<p>One of the things that stuck with me was that after the classic attempted Chinese invasions blown off by the original <i>kamikaze</i> &ldquo;divine wind&rdquo; Japan maintained a Chinese-style centralized state with men drafted from the various provinces to man mounted repeater crossbows on the frontier for like <b><i>200 years</i></b></p>"}