Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject History - Asia, grade: 1,0, The University of Hong Kong, language: English, abstract: Before 1839, China was closed for Western trader. The only Chinese port, where highly controlled trade between Western merchants and the governmental ap-pointed merchants ¿Gong Hang¿ was allowed, was Canton (Guangzhou). Western merchants had to life in separated districts of Canton, could not stay there more than a few months and were prohibited to bring their families or to have contact with Chinese except in trade. Furthermore, Western traders could not contact Chi-nese officials directly and there were no formal diplomatic relations between Chi-na and Western countries. Why did China seal off itself from Western trade so extremely?
| Autorius: | Cornelia Andree |
| Serija: | Aus der Reihe: e-fellows.net stipendiaten-wissen |
| Leidėjas: | GRIN Verlag |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2013 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 20 |
| ISBN-10: | 3656381321 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783656381327 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Asian history |
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