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I've looked at a few maps and read some history, and I've noticed that, around 1898, not only was there a great fear that China would be cut up, but there were MASSIVE spheres of influence all across China.

Apparently only jealousy and the U.S's Open Door Policy stopped its annexation.

Was there a possibility, even a small one, of the Europeans deciding that it would be better to cut China up?

How would this affect WWI, and, more importantly, Germany? Germany had used the idea of liberation in Africa, would they use this in China to more avail?
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