because the Chinese emperer thought that he would rather spend the money used on trading and communicating with other countries and use it on frontline defence of china.
China worked to block outside influences. This allows them to preserve their culture without having to worry about outside influences.
Because of getting ride of there emporers and moa!!!!!!!!!!!!
china's early leaders limited contact with outsiders
bro how am i supposed to know. i was the one who looked it up.
Japan opened its society and culture to Western influences, while China continued to resist any outside influence on its customs and beliefs.
Without a care you have now escaped
china
Japan opened its society and culture to Western influences, while China continued to resist any outside influence on its customs and beliefs
the influences may be the work to fashion
From outside
It depends what the outside influence is.
China's isolation began from physical barriers like the Gobi Desert, but kept up due to political ideals like Communism. Being isolationist allows for optimum control with little to no exterior influences. Extending isolationist policies has allowed for media control, therefore public control. Their protectionist policies have also allowed the nation to vastly expand their economy. By encouraging only exporting and limited importing, the nation has become self-reliant and built up the strongest growing economic force of the century. The economic and political benefits to China's government have encouraged them to continue mostly isolationist policies.