HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Meuse, Irreconcilables, Dollar Diplomacy
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The open door competing for the china market. 1896 new york capitalists formed a company to promote trade and railroad investment in china. 1896 russia won both the right to build a railway across the chinese province and a long-term lease on much of the region. 1897 germany secured a 99 year lease on chinese ports as well as mining and railroad rights in the adjacent province. 1899 u. s. secretary of state john hay asked the major european powers to ensure american trading right sin. China by opening th uproots in their spheres of influence to all countries. No committed answer but u. s. anyways accepted the principle of an open door" to american business in china. 1899 anti-foreign secret society called harmonious righteous fists killed thousands of foreigners and chinese. 1900 they occupied begin and besieged the foreign legations. Boxer rebellion u. s. soldiers joined an international army that marched on beijing, crushing them and rescued the threatened legations.
