 Complete the following phrase:  Under the Ming dynasty 1368-1644, Chinas population and economy grew. While the Portuguese were at first successfully kept out, Japanese pirates began to attack the coast, forcing co-operation with the Portugues who established a trading settlement at Macau in 1554. Northern Mongol and Jurchen people established a coalition to invade the country, reaching Beijing in 1550. In 1592, the 