English, 15.10.2019 14:20 mookdag

The "articles for favorable treatment" stipulated that i could live temporarily in the imperial palace without fixing any definite time limit. apart from three large halls that were handed over to the republic, the rest of the forbidden city continued to belong to the imperial palace. it was in this tiny world that i was to spend the most absurd childhood possible until i was driven out by the soldiers of the national army in 1924. i call it absurd because at a time when china was called a republic and mankind had advanced into the twentieth century, i was still living the life og an emperor, breathing the dust of the nineteenth century.

after reading this paragraph, what can the reader most likely conclude about china?
a. it is a country that is defined by strict rules
b. it is a country that favors tradition over progress.
c. it is a country that honors its royalty with extravagant living.
d. it is a country that struggled to find its place in a global society.

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