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n |
Chinese
manufactures were
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in demand
throughout Asia
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and Europe, and
Europeans
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were allowed to
come to
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Macao and Canton
to do
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business.
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n |
Merchants gained
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significant
profits, a portion
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of them passing
to the state
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as taxes and
bribes.
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n |
Much of the
wealth went
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into land, the
best source of
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social status.
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