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by pouetpouet 3800 days ago
> Moveable type printing was in fact invented in China

I know that's my point exactly. It was definitely not as widespread and explosive as Gutenbergs printing press though. The number of characters is two orders of magnitude smaller and cuts down the manual labor far more effectively. You can't argue against that. Woodblock printing was in use long after the invention of movable type because of that.