American Interests in China in Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
Resumo
Sino-American relations take all the major spotlights of journalists and financial experts nowadays. The relationship between both countries is regarded as one of the most crucial aspects of our globalized world economy in this 21st century. Although specialists of more recent times tend to approach the subject from the Richard Nixon’s visit to China and the subsequent recognition, in the 1970’s, by the United States, of the People’s Republic, Sino-American relations have a deep root in its much longer historical past. We must never forget that everything is imbued by its historical processes. It is the purpose of this essay to analyze one of the most key moments in this long relationship. It is thus divided as the following: 1) the treaty system inaugurated by Great Britain and implemented by the USA; 2) The mid 1890’s role of the US as a Diplomatic Power; 3) American reshaping of its foreign policy since the 1898 war with Spain and the Boxer Movement of 1900.
