The Barbarians were European and English traders. The Chinese called anyone from the outside of China "barbarians" because they thought of China as "all that is under heaven." Qianlong wanted to be a very good leader and when he was crowned, he made a request that he would be allowed to reign over everybody for 60 years. And so it happened, for Qianlong was named as the last of the great emperors of China.
Qianlong made the barbarians trade only from a certain Chinese city, but they weren't even allowed inside the city. There were little buildings around the city where the barbarians could live and trade. The barbarians protested to the Chinese but Qianlong remained firm.
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