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托福阅读材料汇总（十一）

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Since 1840, Western powers have intermittently invaded this huge but weakened country,nearly eliminating China. But China is a country with a legacy of talent. Confucianists believedin cultivating their moral character and maintaining a well ordered state. Their braveryprotected the country from ruination.

The Chinese wanted to learn from the world. They exerted themselves to shake off thementality of a timeless continuity formed by thousands of years and to learn from the West.So, as an exhibitor, China has opened itself to the world by developing countless ties throughthe World Exposition.

The first Chinese visitors to World Expositions attended independently. Wang Tao went tothe 1867 Paris World Expo and toured London's Crystal Palace. At the time, the Chinese haddismissed the World Exposition as a "Wicked Craft Show-off Gathering," derived from theirunderstanding of technology being diabolical tricks and wicked crafts, demonstrating a failureto think deeply about how technology improved the world, influencing and developing a newsense of civic values.

The first participation of China in World Expo was at the 1873 Vienna World Exposition.However, China’s participation was peculiar -- the nation was represented by a British mannamed E.C.Bowra, sent by the British Head of China’s General Taxation Administration, a mancalled Herde. After 1840, all the Customs and foreign trade affairs of China were entrusted toforeigners. The representative was sent to expand China's business contacts with foreigncountries and thereby gain greater profits.

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