How did the United States protect its economic and strategic interests in East Asia?
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At the turn of the century, leading nations each attempted to claim a sphere of influence in China, that is, exclusive political and trading rights. The United States wanted to prevent this and maintain China's policy of granting commercial privileges to every world power that asked. To accomplish this, Secretary of State John Hay laid the foundations for the Open Door Policy, a U.S.-sponsored nonbinding international agreement that kept the Chinese market open to all foreign nations. All the nations with spheres of influence agreed to abide by this policy.
The United States also helped stop the Boxer Rebellion, a movement for Chinese sovereignty that could have led to the interruption of trade or the colonization of China. In another move to maintain the balance of power in China, the United States negotiated a peace settlement between Japan and Russia to end the Russo-Japanese War over control of Chinese resources.
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