Read the following excerpt from an official letter written during the nineteenth century.

we find that your country is distant from us about sixty or seventy thousand miles, that your foreign ships come hither striving the one with the other for our trade, and for the simple reason of their strong desire to reap a profit…it follows, that the immense wealth which the said foreigners amass, ought properly speaking to be portion of our own native chinese people. by what principle of reason then, should these foreigners send in return a poisonous drug, which involves in destruction those very natives of china?

which event in chinese history prompted these words?

the graphs indicate that few people in bolivia work in industry, as that is the least expressive sector shown in the respective graphic.

he risk-return relationship. generally, the higher the potential return of an investment, the higher the risk. there is no guarantee that you will actually get a higher return by accepting more risk. diversification enables you to reduce the risk of your portfolio without sacrificing potential returns.

explanation:

the hebrew bible is the sacred text of judaism;

the koran is that of islam.

among eastern religions, the sacred scriptures of hinduis are the four vedas and the upanishads, among others.

a main characteristic in these books is that un most of them we find certain "norms" of behavior, as is the case of the bible that has it's commandments. these rules are to regulate the behavior of believers and faithful of their respective faith.

these rules tell us what is right and what is not.