The Trouble With China
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Was that that was where all the money went! And where
merchants were despised.
Ch'ien Lung, 1793 to George III:
I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and
have no use for your country's manufactures.
Bummer.
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| Ch'ien Lung (Quan Long) ruled
1735-1795. The last age during which China could resist foreign
intervention. |
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Opium |
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