https://padlet.com/jholland14/89z1yrcmzvsi Julia Holland en-us 2017-02-03 03:45:58 UTC 2017-02-03 03:56:09 UTC hello@padlet.com jholland14 https://padlet.com/jholland14/89z1yrcmzvsi/wish/151344616

The Chinese Tributary system was a method in which the Chinese managed trade with foreign relations. At the time, China was considered a luxury country, as it contained desirable resources such as silk, porcelain, and tea. Many countries wanted to trade with China for these resources, but China had no desire to trade with these nations. In order to trade with China, nations needed to send a regular tribute to the Tang emperor of China. Great Britain finally found the one resource that China desired: opium. The Europeans began to trade opium for silk, and China feared a trade imbalance. Due to this, they set up the Tributary System, in which nations needed to pay a frequent tribute to the emperor of China. Great Britain agreed to pay this tribute, hence, the trade that occurred between the two nations. This system, however, lead to the very detrimental war on opium trade. 

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