In 1793 the envoy Lord Macartney appeared before the Qianlong emperor in Beijing and asked for British trading rights in China. “Our ways have no resemblance to yours, and even were your envoy ...
When Britains Lord Macartney was dispatched to China by King George III in 1793 to open the country to trade, it took 200 horses and 3,000 porters to carry all the gifts he brought with him for the ...
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