A is the most logical answer.
Answer:
sequence
Explanation:
They started talking about how 40 years ago China was a feeble giant then it proceeded to talk about how in 1978 the government becang making reforms. It then spoke of what happened in 2011. This is a sequence of events that happened over decades of time.
Rukmani's struggle to feed her family during the drought is an example of an external conflict!
To establish setting and context
