HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Question
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He dealt with Western traders because he felt that he owed his success to them.
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He learned from Western scholars because he felt that education was valuable.
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He negotiated with Western countries because he wanted to make China more powerful.
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He limited Western influences because he felt that China was stronger without them.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Qing had a very restrictive trade policy with the West, but they had looser agreements with their Russian, Central Asian, and Southeast Asian neighbors. Western trade was regulated under the Canton system that developed in the eighteenth century.
Detailed explanation-2: -The West wants porcelain, teas, other desirable Chinese products, but Westerners confined to two Chinese ports: Macao and Canton. A major collision brews between China and West: Opium traffic upsets Qing China’s favorable balance of trade, and threatens the economic and social order.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why do you think the Qing dynasty wanted to limit contact with foreign nations? To reduce western influence. What were the responses to imperialism in China? The boxer rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -So what could Qianlong’s real intention have been when he wrote this letter? Harrison states that Qianlong sought an excuse and used this letter to decline the trading requests which were beneficial to the British side, hoping that this would make them leave as quickly as possible.
Detailed explanation-5: -During his reign, China was the wealthiest and most populous nation in the world. Qianlong’s ability to preserve and foster his Manchu warrior-huntsman traditions whilst adopting the Confucian principles of political and cultural leadership, resulted in the successfully governing of 150 million Chinese people.