It Has Often Been Said That American Foreign Policy Toward

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Essay

It has often been said that American foreign policy toward China was for many years shaped more by a sentimental view of that country than by U.S. national interests or the actual situation of that country? In what ways was such a romantic view of China reflected in U.S. policy in the early twentieth century? What were the sources of Americans' idealistic views of China?

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