The Open Dorr Policy

The Open Door Policy
Blake Mullet

   In 1894 there was a war between china and Japan over Korea. The Japanese won the war. China gave Korea independence and gave Japan some territory. The land that was given to Japan was close to Russia. Russians started to get concerned about how much power the Japanese were getting. In 1898 Russia demanded that the China lease the land to Russia instead. That meant that the land would still belong to China but was ruled by Russia. Politicians started to worry about these events, so they made a policy called the open door policy. This just meant all countries were allowed to trade with China.