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They were dividing China into "spheres of influence." Some even claimed to own the territory within their spheres. By acquiring the Philippines, the United States became an Asian power too. Now, with a strong base of operations just 400 miles from China, American businesses hoped to take advantage of China's vast resources.
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Sphere of influence, or sometimes zone of influence or sphere of interest, is a diplomatic term denoting an area in which a foreign power (or powers) maintains rights superior to those of a ... The Open Door policy, while appearing on the surface to be anticolonial, tended to support the existence of spheres of influence...
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. ... Pages in category "Cultural spheres of influence"
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Spheres of influence are going to exist, so the real question is why the West generally or America specifically should continue to ruin the relationship with Russia to deny it a sphere of influence over territories that it has ruled for a large part of its modern, non-Soviet history.
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Thus the creation of spheres of influence was frequently the prelude to colonization or to the establishment of a protectorate . The term in this sense is no longer recognized in international law, however.
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Agreements on spheres of influence served this purpose. ... When colonial expansion came to a close after World War I, spheres of influence in the legal sense lost much of their importance. ... Spheres of influence in the loose or nonlegal sense of the term date to the beginning of recorded history.
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As the United States wages its war on terrorism, the borders of a new American empire appear to be forming. ... Firmly in the Russian and later Soviet sphere of influence since Napoleon's day, these strategic regions, along with their Middle Eastern ramparts to the south, are now home to 60,000 American troops.
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Download PDF version of this graphic ... Related News: Pioneers Fill War Chest, Then Capitalize (Washington Post, May 16, 2004) ... Correction: An item that is part of this interactive graphic incorrectly reported that Southern Co. was a client of Roger Windham Wallace’s when Wallace worked at Public Strategies Inc.,
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