Under China's Self-Strengthening Policy, the Government

Under China's Self-Strengthening Policy, the government

A) put new agricultural practices into effect in an attempt to end the devastating famines.
B) put to death tens of thousands of peasants who had participated in the Taiping Rebellion.
C) began modernization of flood control on its major river systems.
D) began to purchase modern weapons from Western countries.
E) took control of Vietnam, giving the country its first colony.