First. Will in no way interfere with any treaty or port or any vested interest [of another nation] within [its own] sphere [of influence]... in China. Second. That the Chinese [tariff]... shall apply to all merchandise landed or shipped to all such ports... within said sphere [of influence]... no matter what nationality it may belong, and that duties so leviable shall be collected by the Chinese government. Third. That [a nation] will levy no higher harbor dues on vessels of another nationality frequenting any port in such sphere that shall be levied on vessels of its own nationality, and no higher railroad charges over lines... within its sphere on merchandise belonging to citizens or subjects of other nationalities, transported through such sphere than shall be levied on similar merchandise belonging to its own nationals transported over equal distances....
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The United States was granted equal access to the China. p.s/i.s.327 study island
The Open Door notes from John Hay were issued in 1899 to keep European powers from dividing up The Congo Basin and China. The US had become a Far Eastern power after acquiring The Philippine Islands following the Spanish-American war. It said that Africa (the Congo) and China were not to be partitioned by European powers. The unanimous acceptance of Hay's proposal made the Open Door an international policy. After WWII China became a completely sovereign state, and no nation had any right to carve out spheres of influence and the Open Door policy ceased to exist.
In 1899 U.S. Secretary of State John Hay proposed an "Open Door" policy in China in which all nations would have equal trading and development rights throughout all of China.
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To gain support from other countries for a policy of equal opportunity for trade with China
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John Hayes Open Door Policy was trying to prevent China from being carved up into spheres of influence by the Russians, British, Japanese, etc... Basically was trying to get America a foothold in Chinese trade, because America was behind on getting spheres of influence, and didn't want to miss out.
Secretary of State John Hays is recognized as the inventor of the open door policy to China. This allowed for the US and China to exchange goods.
John Coffee Hays was born on 1817-01-27.
John R. Hays House was created in 1874.
John Hays Hammond was born on 1855-03-31.
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It had little affect of the actions of Japan or the European powers.
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