... with China and settled boundary disputes and regular trade between both countries. The English trading post in Canton in 1699 increased export of tea and silk to England rapidly. To limit contact between Chinese and Europeans, Qing only allowed licensed Canton to be the only trading post with the West, but by the end of the eighteenth century, British demanded the ... give too much power to the Europeans. China remained immune to European influences by creating more factories and workshops to manufacture the goods needed. The increase in factories increased the speed of production, whic...

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