Many saw it as a religious pursuit and would rather be treated as equal, though the members of the Qing Dynasty thrones and courts saw the British envoys as uncivilised foreigners strictly here for tea, silk and other far east goods.
Many saw it as a religious pursuit and would rather be treated as equal. Though the members of the Qing Dynasty thrones and courts always saw the British envoys as uncivilised foreigners strictly here for tea, silk and other far east goods.