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Carving up the melon - Boxer Rebellion

Who - European Powers - The Germans - The British - The Russians - The Americans What - Carving up the melon is the response of the European powers after China was defeated to ensure they got their share of the country. When - 1895 Where - China - Hong King - Shantung - Port Arthur Why - China got defeated by Japan so were weak. The European powers chose this time to act so that they could take as much of China as they could. The Americans and the European powers wanted the spheres of interest which were the leases for railways and other commercial things in China. How - America insisted on an "open door" policy in China in which commercial opportunities were equally available to all European powers so that the political and territorial integrity of China was kept. They could only do this because China was so weak from being defeated by Japan.