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Write a brief note on the system of hand printing in China.

• The earliest kind of print technology that was developed in China was a system of hand printing.


• From AD 594 onwards, books in China were printed by rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks.


• Chinese ‘accordion book’ was the first Chinese book that is remarkable with the beauty of calligraphy.


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