Question

Since it is not permitted to do harm to your own country, then even less should you let it be passed on to the harm of other countries. . . . Of all that China exports to foreign countries, there is not a single thing which is not beneficial to people. . . . Take tea and rhubarb, for example; the foreign countries cannot get along for a single day without them.

–Letter to Queen Victoria,
Lin Zexu

Which ideas are presented in this text? Choose two correct answers.

China’s exports do not cause harm.
China’s tea and rhubarb exports are just as harmful as opium.
China wants to increase the importing of opium.
China is guilty of exporting harmful products like opium
China exports products that are beneficial to other countries.

Answer 1

The two correct answers based on the text are:

1. **China’s exports do not cause harm.**
2. **China exports products that are beneficial to other countries.**