· Describe the key motives involved in the increased presence of Westerners in India, China, and Japan in the 1700s and 1800s.
· Identify the key factors that led to Britain's successful imposition of its presence and trade policies on China, despite communications like those from Emperor Ch'ien-lung (i.e., Qianlong) and Commissioner Lin Zexu (i.e., Lin Tse-hsu).
· Argue for or against the British policies regarding China in the 1800s, using analogies from our own modern times.