Answer: The United States had taken possession of the Philippines (as well as Guam and Puerto Rico) in 1898, after winning the Spanish-American War. Thus US interest in Asia was heightened.
At the same time, other nations had begun competing for "spheres of influence" in trade access with China.
Further detail:
The Open Door policy was issued by the United States in 1899-1900 as a series of dispatches from the US Secretary of State to other nations that had trading interests in China -- Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, and Russia. The policy reasserted earlier agreements that all countries should have equal access to ports in China, without undue preference to "spheres of influence" for one nation or another. The United States was seeking to maintain an equal footing with other nations in the access to trade in China.
What was the cold war activity? It would be impossible to answer without it.
Tom and Harry cleaned and mopped the floor. Explanation: On the one hand, a compound subject is a subject made up of two simple subjects which are joined by a coordinating conjunction and have the same predicate
The correct answer is Singapore
Singapore is located on the left island of Malaysia at the southern tip as a very small country compared to Malaysia. It is nevertheless an independent parliamentary republic. Although there were some options to unite with Malaysia before through referendums, this didn't happen and Singapore was independent since it stopped being a colony.
