What policy was adopted by China with the advent of foreign traders?

1.	What policy was adopted by China with the advent of foreign traders?
Answer» i. After Portuguese, the traders from France, England, Holland, Belgium and Russia started setting up commercial centres in coastal regions of China. ii. However, China did not allow any country to interfere into its internal region for almost two hundred years. iii. The Chinese society was moulded in the ancient Confucian philosophy. iv. The eight-point regulation announced by China imposed several restrictions on Europeans. v. Those who wanted to enter into China were made to pay tributes to the Chinese Emperor.

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i. After Portuguese, the traders from France, England, Holland, Belgium and Russia started setting up commercial centres in coastal regions of China.

ii. However, China did not allow any country to interfere into its internal region for almost two hundred years.

iii. The Chinese society was moulded in the ancient Confucian philosophy.

iv. The eight-point regulation announced by China imposed several restrictions on Europeans.

v. Those who wanted to enter into China were made to pay tributes to the Chinese Emperor.

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