The VOC (Dutch East India Company) representatives gained the favor of the Chinese emperor by
a. acknowledging him with the ritual of the "kowtow."
b. providing him with concubines.
c. providing him with bribes.
d. freeing the royal family members held hostage by Ming loyalists.
e. providing him with beautiful clocks.
ANSWER:
a
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