Was Qianlong's Response to Lord Macartney's Request to Open China

question 109

Essay

Was Qianlong's response to Lord Macartney's request to open China to British trade realistic or unrealistic? Was the emperor's negative response a logical outgrowth of China's history? Why and/or why not?

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