China was Traditionally not interested in trading with the west because it was self-sufficient.
China was Traditionally not interested in trading with the west because it was self-sufficient.
China was a self-sufficient society.
they focused on trading items towards china,India,southeast Asia,Europe and south america
China was impressed with European gold and art and allowed trade at one establishment only Macao.
West Africa is one of the countries that had a lot of gold, pepper, and Ivory. The Portuguese were interested in these things and thus initiated trading with them.
China opened it's doors to the West in the 1600s, to countries such as England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands. However, China closed it's doors to the West, except the Netherlands in which they were only allowed to trade at a few ports in China. China has never really liked foreign influence, including every other Asian nation.
He argued that China was a valuable trading partner to the west, which furnished silk, porcelain and many other fine objects, and the "barbarians" of the west returned "the poison" of Opium. He detested the arrangement.
Because during the time Japan and China started trading so Japan received gun powder, also the west was no friend of China but kept their trading routes (including weaponary) to Japan. Because of china's being so enclosed and tight they hardly got any new technology except what they made by themselves
Japan is east side of China.
They traded directly with the coastal people of West Africa.
Mali, Ghana, and Songhai were the west Africa trading kindom. They traded salt and gold using the sahara desert. This was a time period of trading
The West wanted silk, pottery and tea from China.