When Portugal first sent representatives to Peking, China:

A. they were well received and given many gifts

B. they pillaged and burned

C. Catholics were ordered to renounce their faith

D. they were kicked out and given a base at Macao

Jorge Álvares, clerk of the Malacca Trade mission to be the first Portuguese to tread Chinese lands. In late 1513, port of the island of Tunmen. A pattern with the arms of Portugal. The trips to China continued later: Rafael Prestrelo, his brother Bartolomeu, Fernão Peres de Andrade, Jorge Mascarenhas, and others. Were the pioneers, mostly Portuguese. They expanded the contacts and knowledge with the Chinese world.

After all these contacts they felt the need to send an embassy to meet the emperor, duly accredited with letters from the King of Portugal. This responsibility fell to Tomé Pires, the server of Portugal who went to China.

They arrived in Guangzhou in 1517, and the ambassador, accompanied by five Portuguese, a lusitanized Persian, twelve young men, and five interpreters, was on land, in houses provided by the Chinese authorities. They remained there for more than 15 months, awaiting authorization to Court.

Fernão Peres de Andrade, leaving the embassy installed on land and made the usual commercial exchanges, made a public proclamation before of leaving, inviting the Chinese who had complained of any Portuguese to him to him, for relief. This provoked the best effects on the population and Chinese authorities. So the right answer is A,. they were well received and given many gifts.