How Did Conservative Chinese Leaders React to the First Railroads

question 11

Multiple Choice

How did conservative Chinese leaders react to the first railroads built in China?

• A) They used the railroads to reinvigorate China's internal trade networks.
• B) They were worried that the railroads would change the relationship between people and nature, but recognized that they were necessary.
• C) They saw the railroads as a threat to Chinese social harmony and had them torn up.
• D) They sold concessions to operate the railroads to the British and Americans.

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