Which statement would BEST complete this sentence: "Whereas China's economy became more under control by European merchants in the 1800's, Japan A) became a colony of China's in order to provide natural resources. B) became a colony of the United States and had little control over its own economy. C) began to develop it's own industries and began to expand its empire in East Asia. D) began to develop a communist system so that everyone would share the resources equally.