Critical Thinking Questions   Map List       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     1. In what ways did the bureaucracy and governing elite hurt the ability of China to deal effectively with foreign powers? 2. In what ways could the large size of the Qing empire inhibit its ability to rule effectively? 3. Which two powers were well positioned to encroach on Chinese territory? 4. How does the example of China in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries point out the importance of internal factors as components of power?