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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Open Door Policy 1
Open Door policy canonical 1
Open Door policy in China 1

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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
surface form: Qing dynasty China

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
United States–China relations
surface form: U.S.–China relations

development of international trade norms
hasPositionHolderRole United States Secretary of State
hasPrimaryProponent United States of America
surface form: United States
influenced Nine-Power Treaty
surface form: Nine-Power Treaty of 1922
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
this entity surface form: Open Door Policy
Washington Naval Conference topic Open Door policy
this entity surface form: Open Door policy in China