American statesman and diplomat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hay" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Hay">John Hay</a> announces the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Door_Policy" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Open Door Policy">Open Door Policy</a> to promote trade with China.<sup about="#mwt62" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_2#cite_note-11" id="mwaQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwag">[11]</span></a></sup>
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