Why did the Chinese abandon the commercial voyages of the Zenghe expeditions?
A) Many of the ships were lost as a result of poor ship design and inadequate sailing technology.
B) The size of the fleets was so limited that they could not compete with the greater capacity of the European voyages.
C) There was little of value for the Chinese to import in trade, and the voyages were expensive to carry out.
D) The trade with foreign regions produced a negative balance of trade for China that drained bullion from imperial coffers.
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