really take form until 1899
and 1900. By the turn
of the century, the United States
was ascending as a major player
in international affairs, especially
in the western hemisphere.
American foreign policy, at the time,
focused mostly on Latin America.
However, in 1899, the Americans
saw economic opportunities in
an already politically suppressed China.
For decades, European countries
had been reaping the economic benefits
by exploiting of the countrys resources
and markets while claiming chunks
of territory as their own.
It had become a closed club
of the countries already established there.
The United States, fearing that
China was about to officially partitioned,
wanted access to those lucrative assets
as well. American Secretary of State,
John Hay, perhaps using some
Big Stick and gunboat tactics,
popular American strategies at the time,
was well positioned to get
the established foreign nations
in China to conform to an agreement
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