| 1 | But China did shut its door in other times. | |
| 2 | MacDonald took an intentionally oblique route to getinto closed Japan. | |
| 3 | When we closed our doors, you smuggled drugs to open markets. | |
| 4 | The Chinese emperor tried to stop the trade, and hoped to slam the door completely on the outside world. | |
| 5 | But in technological, political and social developments, the Japanese paid a heavy price for their centuries of self-imposed isolation. |