By the end of the nineteenth century, the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of inﬂuence by foreigners was

a. Distrust among the foreign powers

b. The European respect for Chinese intellectual and cultural superiority

c. A Franco-British manifesto to support China as a block to further Russian expansion

d. Japanese support based on centuries of admiration for Chinese culture

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Konnor

25 January, 17:29

By the end of the nineteenth century, the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of inﬂuence by foreigners was

a. Distrust among the foreign powers

b. The European respect for Chinese intellectual and cultural superiority

c. A Franco-British manifesto to support China as a block to further Russian expansion

d. Japanese support based on centuries of admiration for Chinese culture

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Generally speaking, by the end of the nineteenth century, the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of inﬂuence by foreigners was " a. Distrust among the foreign powers," since no single entity wanted to lose out of the economic dominance of their particular sphere.