Introduction In the years before the World Wars, America was in the state of isolationism and in so they were unable to make their mark on China before the other world powers. President McKinley (1897-1901) decided that the United States should have control over some of the actions that were being taken in Asia. In such his Secretary of State, John Hay, drafted the Open Door Policy (1899) in an attempt to create room for American trade.
The Open Door Note would demand that other powers would provide each other with equal spheres of influence. Spheres of influence are special regions in which theoretical divisions are made in a foreign land to control a cultural, economic, military, or civil individuality. The note was accepted with little …show more content…
During this time, America did not take part in foreign conferences such as the League of Nations, despite coming up with the idea ourselves. America relied only on itself. Having already been taken off of the gold standard and disregarding meetings with other world leaders, the United States was in no place to make demands, however, the reputation of the country was in high esteem and as such, the United States demanded that the spheres of influence within China be destroyed in the process of making equal trade areas for each country interested. The Open Door Policy was written by Secretary of State, John Hay, after being asked by President William McKinley. McKinley was six months into his second term before he was assassinated and as such, was not able to see the aftermath of the Second World War. The Note was a gateway standard that led to the animosity that Japan felt toward the United States and in affect to that, Japan was an easier prey to the axis …show more content…
They protested the change and pushed for their country’s well-being. Japan, however, did not stop their torment and so all major ports and capital cities such as Nanking and Shanghai were taken over. The riots became brutal fights and soon the cities were burial sites. Nanking became known for the Rape of Nanking. This was a major atrocity that granted worldwide interest and hatred for the Japanese having around three hundred thousand civilian deaths and an estimated eighty thousand women raped by the Japanese soldiers. Despite the terrors that many Chinese felt towards the Japanese due to this, the history of Japanese treatment of the people living in Nanking grows even grimmer. During the time that the Japanese were in Nanking, “Japanese also conducted human experimentation in secret bases in China. Unit 731 in the country’s northeast was the largest biological and chemical warfare testing facility” (Cairn). The Chinese who had lived within the city boundaries were on constant alert, women used as pleasure toys by the men, children used as targets for ammunition practice and men used for their
The Open Door Note would demand that other powers would provide each other with equal spheres of influence. Spheres of influence are special regions in which theoretical divisions are made in a foreign land to control a cultural, economic, military, or civil individuality. The note was accepted with little …show more content…
During this time, America did not take part in foreign conferences such as the League of Nations, despite coming up with the idea ourselves. America relied only on itself. Having already been taken off of the gold standard and disregarding meetings with other world leaders, the United States was in no place to make demands, however, the reputation of the country was in high esteem and as such, the United States demanded that the spheres of influence within China be destroyed in the process of making equal trade areas for each country interested. The Open Door Policy was written by Secretary of State, John Hay, after being asked by President William McKinley. McKinley was six months into his second term before he was assassinated and as such, was not able to see the aftermath of the Second World War. The Note was a gateway standard that led to the animosity that Japan felt toward the United States and in affect to that, Japan was an easier prey to the axis …show more content…
They protested the change and pushed for their country’s well-being. Japan, however, did not stop their torment and so all major ports and capital cities such as Nanking and Shanghai were taken over. The riots became brutal fights and soon the cities were burial sites. Nanking became known for the Rape of Nanking. This was a major atrocity that granted worldwide interest and hatred for the Japanese having around three hundred thousand civilian deaths and an estimated eighty thousand women raped by the Japanese soldiers. Despite the terrors that many Chinese felt towards the Japanese due to this, the history of Japanese treatment of the people living in Nanking grows even grimmer. During the time that the Japanese were in Nanking, “Japanese also conducted human experimentation in secret bases in China. Unit 731 in the country’s northeast was the largest biological and chemical warfare testing facility” (Cairn). The Chinese who had lived within the city boundaries were on constant alert, women used as pleasure toys by the men, children used as targets for ammunition practice and men used for their