Open Door Policy- where the door is ajar

The Open Door policy was issued first in a message from the US Secretary of State. At the time that was Mr. John Hay. He wanted China to leave an "open door." Hay meant that he wanted to have equal trading rights between nations. Most nations responded by neither saying yes or no. Being neutral like Alex is in most things. In the end Hay declared that the "open door policy" had been accepted.

   The theme that this represents is "Economic interests drove expansion." This all Mr. Hay wanted was to secure trading rights for the US. As shown in a previous post trade = money. Money is economics therefore Mr. Hay is showing economic intrest in China. Therefore economic intrests are driving the policy of the government.


JUST IN CASE: I think I forgot to metion this before China is an amazing country


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