European manufactured goods were generally of lower quality than Chinese goods.
European manufactured goods were generally of lower quality than Chinese goods.
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Losing their business as a result of bad debts
It was when a princess hid the silkworms and a few mulberry seeds in her crown and exhibited to a European king.
Just do the jobs the same as those in your country. There are teachers,workers,farmers,bankers,merchants,doctors,engineers, scientists and so on. Different countries also have many things in common. Do not consider China too mysterious.
European manufactured goods were generally of lower quality than Chinese goods.
European manufactured goods were generally of lower quality than Chinese goods.
Arab merchants used the Silk Road to bring Chinese goods to European buyers in the Middle East.
In the late 1700s, the Chinese limited European trade primarily to the city of Canton, known today as Guangzhou. This restriction was part of the Qing Dynasty's efforts to control foreign influence and trade. The Canton System established a trade monopoly, allowing European merchants to interact only with designated Chinese merchants, known as hong. This system significantly shaped the dynamics of trade between China and European powers during that period.
the Chinese had little interest in trading for goods produced in Europe
Pirates and smugglers began to supply European merchants with Chinese goods.
Luxury good were traded by Chinese merchants for Spices, Teas, and Porcelain goods.
because, to Chinese people, merchants are just basically hobos.
Pirates and smugglers began to supply European merchants with Chinese goods.
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