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English[en]
Hastings then lost no time in appointing Bogle to undertake a diplomatic and fact-finding mission "to chart the unknown territory beyond the northern borders of Bengal", with a view to opening up trade with Tibet and possibly establishing a back-door trade relationship with the Chinese Qing dynasty who tightly controlled foreign trade at Canton (now Guangzhou) under the Canton System.
Chinese[zh]
黑斯廷斯抓住这一时机委任博格尔率外交和调查团“为未知的孟加拉北部边界绘图”,以期开拓与西藏的贸易,并试图由此为同中国清朝的贸易另辟蹊径,当时大清帝国将对外贸易严格控制在广州。