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It is a unanimous agreement amongst more than most scholars that China and the Chinese civilization was the most advanced and powerful civilization during pre-modern times. Therefore it comes as a surprise to many who study China’s history, that despite having a major lead over other “competing” civilizations; China was not the one who started industrialization. Why this is not the case has been an intriguing question that has, over the years, plagued many scholars who have been unable to find, and may never be able to find a clear and definite answer. Nevertheless, there has not been anything to stop valiant attempts to crack the question that is now commonly referred to as Needham’s Puzzle. Such high curiosity in the Puzzle has spawned quite a number of feasible theories and explanations as of to why China did not start industrialization. Some of the these theories include the “High-Level Equilibrium Trap” by Mark Elvin who focused on unfavorable man-to-land ratio, and also others