COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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Which of the following statements is not one of Lin Zexu’s key points in his letter to Queen Victoria?
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English citizens living and trading in China should follow Chinese laws.
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If trade between China and Britain is to continue, British traders must stop selling opium in China.
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The goods that China sells to other countries are beneficial instead of harmful.
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China will prohibit foreigners from living in China if these visitors do not convert to Confucianism.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lin Zexu (LinTse-hsu) writing to Britain’s Queen Victoria to Protest the Opium Trade, 1839. Lin Tse-hsu saw that the opium trade, which gave Europe such huge profits, undermined his country. He asked Queen Victoria to put a stop to the trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lin Zexu was appointed in 1839 by the Manchu emperor as the new commissioner to oversee the suppression of the Canton drug trade by the British.
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