Breaking_Down_the_Door

Breaking Down the Door Breaking Down the Door The United States urges all nations claiming a sphere of influence in China to declare that all nations shall enjoy perfect equality of treatment for their commerce and navigation within such spheres... (http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/ opendoorsupp.html)'With these words the United States attempted to have a red carpet rolled out and the velvet ropes opened as they attempted to enter China. In the late 19th century the United States told the world the purpose of the Open Door Policy was to obtain an equal opportunity to trade in China. But the United States didn't want it to really be equal. After all, if it were equal there wouldn't have been any sort of conflict to begin with. The US implied that they should be able to use England and Germany's ports free of all charges. Exactly how would this qualify as fair' England and Germany invested a lot of time, money and hard work to build those ports and were then expected to let the rest of the world wear and tear their ports without charge'! That would be like me buying a car, paying for all the gas and for it to be serviced, united, states, chinese, work, china, world, way, ports, equal, door, about, wanted, policy, been, working, trade, time, think, out, open, money, england, didnt, class, bring, americans, wouldnt, very, things, territorial, taking, sounds, said, safety, rest, really, quote, protect, principle, preserve, permanent, people, peace, parts, otherwise, nations, makes, law, jobs, international