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Of all foreign subjects operating in China, over the whole of the 19th century Great Britain had the most extensive economic interests, but during the 1890s these were put under serious threat. This was a result of the operation of a number of factors — the now markedly unfavourable effect of the policy of “Splendid Isolation” practised by London over the whole of the 19th century, changes to Britain’s...
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