Open Door policy

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The Open Door policy was a late 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. diplomatic doctrine calling for equal trading rights for all foreign nations in China and the preservation of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States diplomatic policy ⓘ
foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
international relations doctrine ⓘ
addressedTo France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
aimsTo ensure non-discriminatory access to Chinese markets ⓘ
prevent partition of China by colonial powers ⓘ
appliesToTerritory China ⓘ
articulatedIn Open Door Notes ⓘ
asserts Chinese tariff duties should be collected by Chinese authorities ⓘ
no discrimination in port dues or railroad charges within spheres of influence ⓘ
no power should interfere with any treaty port or vested interest within its sphere ⓘ
concerns spheres of influence in China ⓘ
followedBy Nine-Power Treaty ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Qing dynasty China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

age of imperialism ⓘ
hasCorePrinciple equal trading rights for all foreign nations in China ⓘ
preservation of Chinese administrative integrity ⓘ
preservation of Chinese territorial integrity ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasLongTermImpact U.S. policy in the Pacific ⓘ
U.S.–China relations ⓘ
development of international trade norms ⓘ
hasPositionHolderRole United States Secretary of State ⓘ
hasPrimaryProponent United States ⓘ
influenced Nine-Power Treaty of 1922 ⓘ
linked to: Nine-Power Treaty
influencedBy U.S. commercial interests in Asia ⓘ
imperialist competition in East Asia ⓘ
interpretedAs attempt to limit European and Japanese colonial control in China ⓘ
tool of U.S. economic expansion ⓘ
keyDocumentDate 1899 ⓘ
1900 ⓘ
legalForm diplomatic note ⓘ
notFormallyRatifiedAs binding multilateral treaty ⓘ
opposes exclusive control of Chinese ports by any single power ⓘ
precededBy Scramble for concessions in China ⓘ
proposedBy John Hay ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent Boxer Rebellion ⓘ
status unilaterally declared policy ⓘ
subjectOf U.S. diplomatic history scholarship ⓘ
supports freedom of commerce in China ⓘ
maintenance of Chinese sovereignty in name ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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Nine-Power Treaty → basedOnPolicy → Open Door policy ⓘ
Boxer Protocol → relatedTo → Open Door Policy ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
Washington Naval Conference → topic → Open Door policy in China ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
American imperialism → hasKeyEvent → Open Door Policy in China ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
Presidency of William McKinley → significantEvent → Open Door Policy toward China ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
Presidency of William McKinley → foreignPolicyDoctrine → Open Door Policy ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
Peace Protocol of 1901 → relatedTo → Open Door Policy ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy
Four Modernizations program → relatedConcept → Open Door Policy ⓘ
linked to: Open Door policy