Questions for imperialism: crash course world history #35 1. what was the chief european import that the chinese were interested in? 2. according to the qianlong emperor, why was china not interested in importing anything else?3. what did the british finally start importing that the chinese people wanted? 4. what was the chinese government's response?5. after fighting two wars to stop this british drug trade, the chinese government g

The chief European import the Chinese were interested in was firearms. The Chinese - during the Imperial era - did not have the ability manufacture dependable and powerful rifles and pistol, hence they needed to import them from Europe.  There was nothing else that the Europeans possessed that the Chinese did not.  The imports were suspended due to the Opium Wars between the British and the Chinese.  Soon after, the Chinese developed methods for producing firearms, themselves, on a vast scale.  

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