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☆☆☆☆☆Lord Macartney compromised with the Chinese by offering the same respect as he gave his own King, George III, the Chinese accepted that offer, and historians should accept that compromise in the spirit in which it was offered and accepted. This question by its phrasing implies that Lord Macartney should have forgotten who he represented, that is, King George III, and treated Emperor Qian-long according to China's limited idea (at the time) of its position in the world. King George III had a different idea of the potential relationship between Great Britain and China from that of Emperor Qian-long.
Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness.
Beast-like
Hairy
Dancing arm-in-arm
Public physical contact
They thought Europeans were deceptive.
They believed Europeans to be unsanitary.
He does not want his people to be exposed to a barbarian culture.
He views King George III as one of his subordinates.
He views himself as superior to King George III, since China is a vast kingdom and Britain is a small island.
Ever since the beginning of history, sage Emperors and wise rulers have bestowed on China a moral system and inculcated a code.
Our Celestial Empire possesses all things in prolific abundance and lacks no product within its own borders.
Moreover, our dynasty, swaying the myriad races of the globe, extends the same benevolence towards all.
The island of Macao
In the world of imagination, women were important, but in the ordinary world they were insignificant.
Women filled the pages of poetry but earned little attention in history books.
Women were powerful in stories yet considered property of their husbands in reality.
Because the Chinese religion is an ancient tradition that doesn't need to change.
Indian men had hundreds of wives
mocking.
Speaker exaggerates the filth left behind
Instead of horses pulling carriages full of people, people pull carriages full of horses.
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