From the sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, Westerners were interested in Chinese markets chiefly
a. to acquire larger amounts of Chinese manufactured goods.
b. to acquire raw materials and cheap labor.
c. to sell cheap goods to the masses.
d. to gain access to China’s technological secrets.
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From The Sixteenth To The Early Nineteenth Centuries, Westerners Were Interested In Chinese Markets Chiefly?
Posted on February 16, 2011.
B
It is either a or d
a. is the closest.
In particular porcelain and tea, but tea can hardly be described as “manufactured goods.”
a. fine China, pottery, and silk. Of course D is also true but A most likely. Besides didnt China already gave all his technological secrets to Marco Polo.
If it was Japan interested in China, it would be D.
the answer is A. China at that time is the main (to some extant sole) producer of silk, tea, china, porcelain, etc. Before the European reached renaissance, these goods were sold to the Europeans via Arabians. Arabians sold these goods at a sky high price which makes European desired to acquire these goods without Arabians as the middle man. Thus, Westerners were interested in Chinese markets chiefly to acquire large amounts of Chinese manufactured goods.