Sphere+of+influence

Sphere of influence is an area in which a foreign nation has special economic privileges. In China they had a lot of this the British, French, German, Japanese, and the Russians had a sphere of influence over it. Some things they have rights over are the government buildings and etc.

Information provided by: World Cultures A Global Mosaic Ch 15 Sec.5 pg.345 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/9/99/ColonialAfrica_1914.png&imgrefurl=http://www.answers.com/topic/berlin-conference&usg=__0FDtbu9BEZWuThtBHVVF9JKFqTA=&h=359&w=350&sz=67&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=SFUoi7SaBeHQpM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsphere%2Bof%2Binfluence%2Bin%2Bafrica%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DG