Qing China's official response to British requests for open trading practices was to

a. welcome foreign trade with open arms.
b. graciously decline out of respect for the ancestors.
c. cautiously agree to further commercial contact.
d. angrily denounce the British for being greedy.
e. declare that China had no use for Europe's manufactured goods.


Answer: e. declare that China had no use for Europe's manufactured goods.

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