Why did the chinese demand that the portuguese traders pay for chinese silks and porcelain with gold or silver?

Chinese demand on the Portuguese traders:

The Portuguese knew that the Chinese are inferior to the other and they would like to pay more for the things they bought. The European pay the Chinese in gold and silver because there was not anything else in the country.

The Europeans wanted that the Chinese have to demand the Chinese silks and porcelain. The Europeans demanded the Chinese silks, porcelain and other Chinese good, exotic luxuries creating a huge demand in the country and to driving the price up for these things in Europe.

i believe the answer would be 1.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.