Show first U S china culna trade immediately after the revolution in the year 1784 the famous robert morris and others fitted out the empress of china to trade with china the cargo consisted chiefly of ginseng and teas and other goods were brought brought back when the american ship reached china the chinese were told they were from america and after some difficulty the chinese finally understood the story and how they differed from the english that they knew ot of tho new people the chinese called the americans the profits of the venture amounted to some about one quarter of the investment |