中廓战争对马戛尔尼使华的影响

The Influences of Sino-Gorkha War on Sir George Macartney's Ambassadorial Mission in China

近代边疆危机与中国的近代化息息相关。1792年,英国政府为了扭转对华贸易逆差不断扩大的窘状,派出负有使中英贸易正常化使命的谈判代表马戛尔尼,但东印度公司在刚结束的中廓战争中的均势政策影响了清政府对马戛尔尼使团的态度,固守传统理念的乾隆皇帝拒绝了英国政府提出的开埠通商、贸易自由化的提议。马戛尔尼使团在中国遭遇了挫折。

Modern frontier crises were closely linked up with China＇s modernization, In 1792, the British government sent Sir George Macartney to China with a mission to mediate the Anglo - Chinese business relations in which Britain＇s deficit had been on the rise. However, the East India Company＇s balance policy in the Sino- Gorkha War which was just over had influenced the attitude of the Qing Government toward Macartney so that the obstinate Emperor Qian Long refused the British proposal for opening the commercial ports to start free trade. Macartney＇ s diplomatic corps failed in China.