chinese porcelain was highly valued in europe for its beauty, style, and durability. however, imported porcelain from china was very expensive. crafters in germany and england developed new methods of making porcelain using feldspar and bone rather than the kaolin that was used in china. this new porcelain was viewed as having similar quality to chinese porcelain, and the new methods continued to be used in europe. this example describes what type of diffusion? responses relocation diffusion, because the chinese brought their porcelain to europe relocation diffusion, because the chinese brought their porcelain to europe stimulus diffusion, because the europeans adapted a chinese concept to fit their own needs stimulus diffusion, because the europeans adapted a chinese concept to fit their own needs contagious diffusion, because people throughout the world adopted the use of porcelain contagious diffusion, because people throughout the world adopted the use of porcelain hierarchical diffusion, because only the wealthy could afford porcelain hierarchical diffusion, because only the wealthy could afford porcelain expansion diffusion, because the porcelain-making process spread from china to europe