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A drop in the bucket in the greater scheme of things. It helps but GB wouldn't have sold them unless it thought it was in its interest. Containing Russia in the east was was more important than the money.
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Money
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and more money
Doing things differently was the whole point.Yet the USA didn't have a Treaty Port like all the others, since 1864.
The US wanted Trade, sure, but was doing things differently than the other Great Powers. US Merged their holdings at Shanghai with the UK to form the International in 1864, and released options in Tientsin in 1880, but retained the so called Treaty Rights for how US Citizens were to be treated across the Chine territory.
While the UK had the most Trade of all the Treaty Ports by 1900(over 70%) US was at 8%, there were 1,400 British missionaries and 1,000 were American. The next largers groups were the Swedes and Norwegians, around 100.
The monetary benefit from selling weapons isn't really in money earned. More in supporting your own armaments industry so it can afford more capital items and people are more skilled.A drop in the bucket in the greater scheme of things. It helps but GB wouldn't have sold them unless it thought it was in its interest. Containing Russia in the east was was more important than the money.
A drop in the bucket in the greater scheme of things. It helps but GB wouldn't have sold them unless it thought it was in its interest. Containing Russia in the east was was more important than the money.