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China often prevented outside contact to preserve its culture.
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Explanation: they refused to westernize and modernize. They wanted no contact with the outside world. They referred to outsiders as barbarians. before the opium wars, they only had one port open for trade (Canton), and after the war they were forced to open more ports. China only wanted to retain their beliefs. Then Sun Yixian came and they modernized