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U.S. President McKinley want all trading nations to have access to China's market.
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The Chinese market is in jeopardy and the solution is granting "unequal treaties" among Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia who utilized their influence to exercise economic and political rights
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John Hay was an American Secretary of State who was an advocate for Anglo-American cooperation. He issued the Open Door notes as a unilateral U.S. initiative which circulated around the major powers.
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Chinese nationalists opposed foreign occupation of their country through physical resistance
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The U.S. dispatched several troops from the Philippines to aid in the expedition in China. China has been facing imperialism pressure.
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Hay's issued a Second Note to the intervening powers, trying to seek a solution that can bring peace and safety to China all while preserving its entity. Only Britain, France, and Germany responds positively.
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With the singing of the Boxer Protocol, the rebellion ends and troops are now allowed to be stationed in China.
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China begins to resist the expansion of Japanese influence on its territory
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U.S. stands for its Open Door Policy and aids China in the Sino-Japanese War by banning the trade of essentials to Japan
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Japan is defeated in both wars and the shift in world order lowers the importance of the Open Door Policy
