Answer:
The Chinese considered their products superior to European products.
Step-by-step explanation:
Imperial China didn't need the outside trade, they were a large country that didn't have need for resources from the outside and their technology at that point was sophisticated enough for what they needed.
Imperial China thought that they were superior and that they had all the stuff that the Europeans already have. ... Japan on the other hand learned that they had to adapt and accept that Western technology had surpassed the East to survive.