portuguese traders reached china in 1514 the ming allowed the portuguese to build a trading post at...
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Encounters in East Asia
European Trade With China• Portuguese traders reached China in 1514
European Trade With China• The Ming allowed the Portuguese to build a
trading post at Macao, near Canton.
European Trade With China• European goods were inferior to Chinese
products and the Chinese demanded payment in gold and silver.
European Trade With China• Trade was supervised by imperial officials and
Europeans had to sail away when the trading season ended.
Scholars and Missionaries
• A few Europeans, like Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci, made a positive impression on Ming China
Scholars and Missionaries
• Ricci learned to speak Chinese and adopted
Chinese dress but had little
success spreading religion.
The Manchu Conquest• The Ming dynasty was failing and in 1644,
Manchu armies seized Beijing and made it their capital.
Qing Rule• The Manchu set up a new dynasty called the Qing
(“pure”) – two important rules were Kangxi and his grandson Qianlong.
Qing Rule• Kangxi ruled for 61 years and spread Chinese
power and culture into central Asia.
Qing Rule• Qianlong ruled for 60 years, expanded China's
borders, and ruled the largest area in China's history .
Prosperity• The Chinese economy grew, new crops from the
Americas boosted farm output, and the population boomed
Prosperity• Handicraft industries grew and European
demand for Chinese goods increased
Response to Westerners
• Restricting foreign trade proved
disastrous - in the 1800s China
learned about western advances
the hard way
Korea and Isolation• Like China, Korea restricted outside contacts in
the 1500s and 1600s and became known as the "Hermit Kingdom”
Korea and Isolation• A Japanese invasion in the 1590s devastated the
land of Korea
Korea and Isolation• In 1636, the Manchus conquered Korea and
Korea became a tributary state
Japan and Foreign Traders
• The Portuguese reached Japan in 1543, followed by
the Spanish, Dutch, and English
Japan and Foreign Traders
• At first, Japan was more open to
European missionaries like
Francis Xavier than China
Japan and Foreign Traders• The Tokugawa shoguns became hostile and saw
foreigners as agents of an invading force
Japan and Foreign Traders• They expelled missionaries and executed
thousands of Japanese Christians
Japan and Foreign Traders
• By 1638, the Tokugawas barred
all western merchants, forbid Japanese travel
abroad and outlawed the
building of large ships
Japan and Foreign Traders• They permitted just one or two Dutch ships a
year to trade at a small island in Nagasaki harbor
Japan and Foreign Traders• Japan maintained a policy of strict isolation until
it was forced to reopen contacts with the western world in 1853