How Did Conservative Chinese Leaders React to the First Railroads

How did conservative Chinese leaders react to the first railroads built in China?

A) They used the railroads to reinvigorate China's internal trade networks.
B) They were worried that the railroads would change the relationship between people and nature, but recognized that they were necessary.
C) They saw the railroads as a threat to Chinese social harmony and had them torn up.
D) They sold concessions to operate the railroads to the British and Americans.