whats the cause of
The Chinese forced traders to pay in gold and silver.

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blakev1503 · Answer

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new2luv · Answer

it's something to do with the Ming dynasty

Beta · Answer

According to; https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2184313/when-china-wanted-silver-rest-world "Beijing ruled that taxes should be paid in silver, and without domestic recourse to the precious metal, the demand for imported silver soared." I apologize if this doesn't help as I don't teach this type of subject. 𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞! 𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎. 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮, @𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚊