Question

Compare the Silk Road with the Great Wall of China as symbols of Chinese foreign policy.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Silk Road and the Great Wall of China represent different approaches and goals of the Chinese foreign policy.

The Silk Road is expansionary foreign policy: its goal is to increase communications and trade with other countries, from the Mediterranean, to Iran, to Tibet.

The Great of Wall of China has the opposite goal: to keep foreign invaders from entering the Chinese hinterland.