The ultimate reason for the failure of Lord Macartney's 1793 mission to China was that
a. the British had nothing the Chinese really needed.
b. the British had brought inadequate gifts.
c. Macartney failed to bow to the emperor.
Ans: a. the British had nothing the Chinese really needed.
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