The Age of Discovery

[Yrrek]

From what I remember of Chinese history, religion played a large part in this. Or if not religion, the Chinese culture is very traditional, and the Europeans brought change and violence etc. with them. The Chinese people had been living in almost total isolation (traders were allowed) for hundreds of years with little problems. So of course, being the traditional society saw no reason to change, and even feared change. I'm sure religion also had something to do with this, but that is a brief explanation you can look into. Hope this helps! :)