A common understanding, now argued to be simplistic and uncritically challenged was that the China solely invented gunpowder and guns.

Centuries ago, China invented the rocket as well as gunpowder.

Some smart-apple's gonna invent gunpowder someday and the gun will follow along.

They invented gunpowder because they lacked internal discipline.

"The wars haven't changed; it's just that somebody's invented gunpowder, and the one who uses it first will win the next battle."

After the Chinese had invented gunpowder, they began adapting its explosive properties for use in military technology.

After all, it is rationality that invented gunpowder!

Medieval China, for example, invented gunpowder, paper, the printing press and probably the compass and the water wheel.

My response was that they only invented gunpowder in the tenth century and built the bomb in 1965.

The Chinese had previously invented gunpowder in the 9th century.