For the answer to the question above, it is the root of the aspect of what they call "federalism" within the country’s government system, it means that although power is shared between the federal government and the states, the federal government reigns supreme.
The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan<span> started the conquest with small-scale raids into Western Xia in 1205 and 1207. By 1279, the Mongol </span>leader Kublai Khan<span>had established the Yuan dynasty in China and crushed the last Song resistance, which marked the onset of all of China under the Mongol Yuan rule.</span>
I think northerners would be more likely to welcome modernization because they have the mentality that if it's newer, it's better, which would lead them to be more intrigued and impressed by new inventions and innovations.
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