The Pros And Cons Of William Rockhill

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One of the fears that William Rockhill who was a diplomat in the U.S had been Chinawould break up and have different colonies which would cause economic differences which ismentioned in the Britannic Encyclopedia. This is the opposite of what they wanted because that
Taking a Stand Against the Open Door Policywould cause some places to be more powerful than others. Furthermore, Rockhill had a fear thatthere would be a rebellion or a war because some areas were more powerful than others. Forexample, China didn’t see much benefit out of it because they only saw about 4% out of thebenefits. In the past, The British was very forceful to China taking their Opium which is anillegal drug in England for Chinese goods which caused an Opium War. The

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