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1. Identify the internal and external problems faced by China in the 1800s and early 1900s.

oday, as in the late 1800s, the Chinese government limits foreign economic activity to particular areas of the country. Most of these areas, called special economic zones (SEZs), are located on the coast and waterways of southeastern China. Established in the late 1970s, the SEZs are designed to attract, but also control, foreign investment.

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@ScamTheMan

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Is there anymore to the reading?

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yes

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Could you post the rest of it by any chance?

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probably expects you to google it yourself lol

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China was able to reject these offers from the West because it was largely self- sufficient. The basis of this self-sufficiency was China’s healthy agricultural econ- omy. During the 11th century, China had acquired a quick-growing strain of rice from Southeast Asia. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the rice was being grown throughout the southern part of the country. Around the same time, the 17th and 18th centuries, Spanish and Portuguese traders brought maize, sweet potatoes, and peanuts from the Americas. These crops helped China increase the productivity of its land and more effectively feed its huge population.
China also had extensive mining and manufacturing industries. Rich salt, tin, silver, and iron mines produced great quantities of ore. The mines provided work for tens of thousands of people. The Chinese also produced beautiful silks, high- quality cottons, and fine porcelain.
TheTea-OpiumConnection Becauseoftheirself-sufficiency,theChinesehadlit- tle interest in trading with the West. For decades, the only place they would allow foreigners to do business was at the southern port of Guangzhou (gwahng•joh). And the balance of trade at Guangzhou was clearly in China’s favor. This means that China earned much more for its exports than it spent on imports.
European merchants were determined to find a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities. Eventually they found one—opium. Opium is a habit- forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. Chinese doctors had been using it to relieve pain for hundreds of years. In the late 18th century, however, British merchants smuggled opium into China for nonmedical use. It took a few decades for opium smoking to catch on, but by 1835, as many as 12 million Chinese peo- ple were addicted to the drug.

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based username bob

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asking somebody to answer your question on this site and use that as your own is plagiarism too

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Well, the internal and external problems are one in the same, I'll highlight where they are for you.

European merchants were determined to find a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities. Eventually they found one—opium. Opium is a habit- forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. Chinese doctors had been using it to relieve pain for hundreds of years. In the late 18th century, however, British merchants smuggled opium into China for nonmedical use. It took a few decades for opium smoking to catch on, but by 1835, as many as 12 million Chinese peo- ple were addicted to the drug.

Your questions are:

The internal problem?
The external problem?

The external one may be a bit harder to find, but it involves the British.

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"internal" and "external" problems are very vague. you'd have to give us the definitions of those terms as related to the context of your problem.

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Well, in a country sort of context, internal and external struggles just simply mean problems that happened in the country and problems that happened out.

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how are problems that happen outside your country your problem

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so can you give me one internal and one external problem example from the passage

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They aren't, but they can impact your country. Like if there are two countries waging war on each other, and one of the country supplies you with a certain type of food product your country wants, then that's an external problem. In this scenario, the external problem is that the British, an external country, were producing Opium, and smuggling it into the country.

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Yes, your internal problem would be that Chinese people were getting addicted to Opium, and your external problem would be that British people were producing it and smuggling it into the country, getting more people hooked.

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ok thank you i can get it from there

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Sounds good <3