Colonies were forced to import cheap manufactured goods.
Answer:
Everyone needed to get workers but no one wanted to pay them
Explanation:
The Chinese empire has been subject to unfair unilateral treatment for centuries. As foreign powers such as the Portuguese and the British sought to get their hands on this country's riches. This can be seen during the Opium Wars, which led to the colonization of the ports of Macao and Hong Kong, by the Portuguese and British respectively.
The military power exercised over China by foreign powers was replaced by the economic power of this same nations in the form of foreign investment that comes to China and sets up manufacturing sites that set unideal working conditions for Chinese locals at the expense of the enrichment of these businesses.
Mercantilism is the belief in benifits and capitalism is the individual making profit from the working
The answer would probably be use of iron and steel for weaponry also creating papyrus for written language
