Question

question 13 of 23
what role did japan play in chinas economic isolationist policies during the reign of the ming dynasty?
a. the japanese military forced china into economic isolation by blockading its major ports.
b. japan helped china enforce its isolationist policies by patrolling chinas coast in search of europeans.
c. japanese pirates smuggled foreign goods into china and chinese goods to foreign markets.
d. japanese leaders followed chinas example and also refused to allow foreign goods into japans markets.

Explanation:

During the Ming - dynasty, Japanese pirates, known as wokou, were active along the Chinese coast. They engaged in smuggling activities, bringing foreign goods into China and taking Chinese goods to foreign markets, which undermined China's economic isolationist policies. Japan did not help enforce China's isolationist policies, nor did its military blockade China's ports in the context of China's isolationist policies during the Ming dynasty. And Japan's own trade - related actions were not about following China's example of isolationism in relation to China's economic isolationist policies.

Answer:

C. Japanese pirates smuggled foreign goods into China and Chinese goods to foreign markets.