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China was interested in Korea because they saw them as an important trading partner and also a military outpost. Japan was interested for them to open 3 ports to trade and also similar to China's reason. They then made a hands-off agreement saying that they would not send their armies to Korea.

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Japan at the time wanted to imperialize all of Asia, and Korea being the closest country to Japan was the starting point.

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To expand the crowded empire.

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