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Why do you think the Chinese were careful to keep the secret of how they made slik?

Why do you think the Chinese were careful to keep the secret of how they made slik?
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Why do you think the Chinese were careful to keep the secret of how they made slik?

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Since silk was such a fine fabric which was desired in many foreign country and there was no reason that other places couldn’t make it (didn’t use rare fossil fuels that are location specific, they wanted to be the only exporters of this wonderful fabric
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Knowing how to make silk gave the Chinese a comptitive advantage in international markets

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