It is the late 1800, and for so many years, China did not trade, in fact it was prohibited to trade with foreigners. As a result China had many wars internally and with other countries. Once China was defeated in the war between them and Japan, many countries came to establish trading with China. We, as America also sees China as a prospective trading market for the U.S. This leads me to the point of what I will be talking about- the Open Door Policy. Because America depended on exports, China is a really big market for us. We feel that we have the right to trade with any country, hence having an 'Open-Door policy' and we have every intention of keeping it that way, even if force was necessary. The countries that were consulted agreed, but China was not one.
China then was dominated by Europeans, who took over their major cities. This is when a group who we call the Boxers came in. They were a really bad group. There mission at first was to overthrown the Ch'ing government. They started killing people through missionaries, and were moving toward the cities, killing many people. The foreign diplomats made a small army and they withstood many attacks by the Boxers for two months, but they were surrounded and could not send for help. With everything almost gone, the U.S. had stepped in and saved the day. They fought off the Boxers all they way to Beijing. The empress escaped the city. And an open door policy was extended throughout all of China.
Later.
Cites:
http://www.worldartmuseum.cn/content_images/20090312/145707.jpg
http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/asstd/boxer3.jpg
http://corvallistoday.com/asia_pacific/china/usboxerl.jpg
http://colororigin.com/images/img2/chinas-open-door-policy-design-ideas-1.png
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