Despite the endurance of Chinese economic superiority, what were some of China's weaknesses that led to its decline in the global market?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Chinese vulnerabilities
1. foreign suppliers could exploit the opium market
a. opium was the only foreign product Western suppliers controlled
b. Chinese consumers wanted or came to want opium in large quantities
2. foreigners could find substitutions for their imports from China
a. making their own porcelain and silk
b. growing their own rhubarb
c. finding alternative places, such as India and Sri Lanka, where
they could plant tea
3. could outstrip Chinese production by mechanizing their industries
a. China could not mechanize production
b. caught in a high-level equilibrium trap
1. industries that were already meeting huge demands had
no scope to increase output
2. an economy with a vast pool of labor had no means or
incentive to replace human muscle with machines
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