Answer: A. The growing meat-packing industry
Explanation:
The correct answer is <span>the tribute system required non-chinese to acknowledge chinese superiority and their own subordinate place in a chinese-centered world order
Basically, the Chinese people didn't need the rest of the world. They made a decision to say that to every other countries because the other countries needed China while China didn't need other countries. For this reason, Chinese interests always came first in every deal and if Europeans wanted something that was disliked in China they could kiss their wishes goodbye.</span>
C - They had a rivalry during that time
