King George Three Analysis

Emperor Qianlong recognizes the efforts made by King George III to send diplomatic mission. He is happy that the mission was sent on the anniversary of his birthday. In return for him being so nice, the emperor will meet with the embassy at a banquet with many gifts to give. He then goes on to talk about the conflict of trade with China. The request to trade conflicts with his dynasty and it isn’t able to be accommodated. He says that the Europeans were allowed to live at Peking but they had to adopt the Chinese way of life and would be forbidden to return home. This is something that the diplomatic residency wanted to achieve. The emperor thinks that nothing is wrong with the system of handling and regulatory trade with the Europeans and won’t put up to the English demand. Although the emperor was conscious that Europe compromised many nations …show more content…
The emperor wants the Ministers to notify the Ambassador about the rules and to command them to arrange departure for the embassy. The emperor addresses the requests that have been made but he rejects all of them. When he addresses the request for a small island near Chusan he says that there is no purpose of the land for them. He says that the request for the small island where merchants could live and warehouse goods would set up an “evil example.” He asks how could he comply with such requests from other nations; if he allowed them the privilege, others would want it too. It would be a violation of his authority and will not happen. The next request for a, “small site in the vicinity of Canton city” is not safe and it could cause, “friction would inevitably occur between the Chinese and your barbarian subjects.” The emperor believes that the regulations that are set in place right now should continue as they are. The next request is about the barbarians being able to share their religion with