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By the end of the nineteenth century, the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of influence by foreigners was

ADistrust among the foreign powers
BThe European respect for Chinese intellectual and cultural superiority
CA Franco-British manifesto to support China as a block to further Russian expansion
DJapanese support based on centuries of admiration for Chinese culture

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Generally speaking, by the end of the nineteenth century, the only thing keeping China from being completely divided up into spheres of influence by foreigners was "a. Distrust among the foreign powers," since no single entity wanted to lose out of the economic dominance of their particular sphere. 

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