The British Macartney mission was an attempt to
a. persuade China to revise its trade system.
b. find a lost British missionary, Eli Macartney.
c. assassinate the emperor's main rival.
d. convert the Chinese to Christianity.
e. establish diplomatic ties with Japan.
ANSWER:
a
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