<P> Open Door policy was rooted in the desire of U.S. businesses to trade with Chinese markets , though it also tapped the deep - seated sympathies of those who opposed imperialism , with the policy pledging to protect China 's sovereignty and territorial integrity from partition . It had little legal standing , and was mainly used to mediate competing interests of the colonial powers without much meaningful input from the Chinese , creating lingering resentment and causing it to later be seen as a symbol of national humiliation by Chinese historians . </P>
<P> Open Door policy was rooted in the desire of U.S. businesses to trade with Chinese markets , though it also tapped the deep - seated sympathies of those who opposed imperialism , with the policy pledging to protect China 's sovereignty and territorial integrity from partition . It had little legal standing , and was mainly used to mediate competing interests of the colonial powers without much meaningful input from the Chinese , creating lingering resentment and causing it to later be seen as a symbol of national humiliation by Chinese historians . </P>
the united states established the open door policy toward china as a way to
the united states established the open door policy toward china as a way to
to trade with Chinese markets
to trade with Chinese markets