I thinks it cause they wouldn't pay submission..
China was a very traditional society and other the reign of the Kangxi Emperor and his grandson China had the military means to reject a British offer for trade without the threat of having colonized. The Kangxi Emperor considered European goods to be far inferior to those made by the Chinese. If you are referring to the later opium trade, then China refused to allow the trade because it began to see the effects of the drug on the people of China. However, after the Opium wars china was forced by the British to reopen its opium trade.
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
trade
It means that the British were importing more goods from China than they were exporting goods to China.
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
opium
The British were forced to pay for their imports with silver. The British sent increasing quantities of silver to China, especially in exchange for tea, which was in great demand by British. At first, the British tried to negotiate with the Chinese to improve the trade imbalance. When negotiating failed, the British turned to trading opium.
India
porcelain, exotic tea, and silk.
porcelain, exotic tea, and silk.
Trade. Export of opium to China (grown in British India) had been a very profitable business for the British. When the Chinese Government tried to put a stop to it, Britain started the war to force China to re-open its market for this British export product.
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