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==China==
==China==
Foreign nations initially competed for [[trade]] with [[China]] by establishing "treaty ports" within which their [[law]], rather than Chinese law, applied. They then sought to divide the Chinese hinterland into [[mercantilist]] spheres of influence within which only they enjoyed the right to [[trade]], [[invest]], and [[proselytize]]. On the eve of the Chinese revolution of 1911, [[Russia]] claimed the largest such sphere, followed by [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Japan]], [[Germany]], and [[Italy]]. The [[United States]], under the "[[Open Door Policy|Open Door" policy]] it adopted after its conquest of the [[Philippines]], abjured the establishment of its own sphere of influence in China but claimed [[equal]] access and [[commercial]] [[right]]s in others' spheres. In 1895, Japan annexed [[Taiwan]] from China, while removing Korea from the Chinese sphere of influence. In 1905, it annexed [[Korea]].
Foreign nations initially competed for [[trade]] with [[China]] by establishing "treaty ports" within which their [[law]], rather than Chinese law, applied. They then sought to divide the Chinese hinterland into [[mercantilist]] spheres of influence within which only they enjoyed the right to [[trade]], [[invest]], and [[proselytize]]. On the eve of the Chinese revolution of 1911, [[Russia]] claimed the largest such sphere, followed by [[Britain]], [[France]], [[Japan]], [[Germany]], and [[Italy]]. The [[United States]], under the "[[Open Door Policy|Open Door" policy]] it adopted after its conquest of the [[Philippines]], abjured the establishment of its own sphere of influence in China but claimed [[equal]] access and [[commercial]] [[right]]s in others' spheres. In 1895, Japan annexed [[Taiwan]] from China, while removing Korea from the Chinese sphere of influence. In 1905, it annexed [[Korea]].
==India==
The 18th century [[military]] struggle between the [[British East India Company]] and the French Compagnie Française des Indes for direct control in [[India]] continued until the [[British]] victory at Plassey in the [[Seven Years War]] (1756 – 1763) ended it. The [[French]], having been denied [[empire]], then cultivated a sphere of influence with [[war]]ring Indian states by supplying them with advisers and trainers, turning them against the British, and thus indirectly imperiling the British presence in India while Britain and France contested control in [[Europe]]. In response, the British cultivated and conquered Indian states, ultimately achieving [[imperial]] control of the subcontinent.
==Post-World War II==
==Post-World War II==