Read this excerpt iron letter to george iii, 1793 by emperor ulan long
regarding your nation's worship of the lord of heaven, it is
the same religion as that of other european nations. ever
since the beginning of history, sage emperors and wise
rulers have bestowed on china a moral system and
inculcated a code, which from time immemorial has been
religiously observed by the myriads of my the
distinction between chinese and barbarian is most strict,
and your ambassador's request that barbarians shall be
given full liberty to disseminate their religion is utterly
unreasonable
which two ideas about colonialism are most clearly expressed in this
excerpt?
o
a. china will engage in colonialism; the chinese consider people
from other nations easy to control
o
b. china will accept nonviolent colonialism; the chinese consider
foreign cultures valuable.
o
c. china will resist foreign influences; the chinese consider people
from other nations to be inferior.
o
d. china will welcome england, the chinese consider britain superior
to other nations