On first sight it might seem plausible to argue that the quote ‘China in the middle of the eighteenth century was doubtless one of the most advanced countries on earth’ by Immanuel Hsu isn’t accurate reflection of china during the reign of emperor Qianlong. However, on closer inspection, (when the facts are considered), it reveals that this quote is true. There can be agreed with Immanuel Hsu on the areas of religion, economic and politic areas. On all areas there was more order, respect and freedom. , where Confucianism was the main religion
In the 18th century china, under the lead of emperor Qianlong, became one of the largest empires in world history. It stretched over 9000 kilometres from west to east and about roughly one-quarter of…show more content… They enjoyed a higher standard of living than any other people on earth. Firstly this was because under emperor Qianlong’s reign the empire became multi-ethnic, which meant that more goods of different countries were brought in and traded in china. China depended on his agriculture, roughly about 90% of it’s population was living and working in the countryside. Because there wasn’t one single important market in china, many goods were traded and transported from important market in one place to another. This differs to other countries because there was usually one big market in the area. Unlike Europe, which existed out of many small states; each with it’s own national boundary, political and tax system, china had one vast continental market with no obstruction to the movement of goods across provincial boundaries. Which meant that everyone could easily get hold of many different products. Although it is true China didn’t have a lot of industrialization, their strongest asset still was their agriculture, especially in the 1800’s, where china traded huge amounts of porcelain, silk and later especially tea in exchange for bulks of silver. China, however, did reach a low point in 1750-1850 as it was struggling feeding all the people with a rapidly growing population Although it can be argued, china’s system was still better looking at the overall reign time
