HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Question
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Why did Chinese officials consider European traders to be smugglers?
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they did not trust any foreigners
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they refused to pay tribute
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they entered China without permission
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the brought in illegal items
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Why were European traders considered smugglers? Europeans were considered smugglers just because the Portuguese arrived and did not pay tributes. Why did scholar-officials want to stop foreign trade? Scholar officials wanted to stop foreign trade because they thought they traders would attack and also be smugglers.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did the Chinese first react to the Portuguese? outraged by what they saw as the Europeans’ barbaric and uncivilized manners.
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