Assertion: imperialism's power | /r/CapableOf | pursue imperial policy
Facets:
value: without assuming full political authority
type: MANNER
value: in the nineteenth century
type: TEMPORAL
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the nineteenth century, the European powers—especially Britain and France—sometimes pursued an imperial policy that imposed trade-treaties and carved out commercial concessions in, for example, China, Iran, and the Ottoman Empire, without actually assuming full political authority and without asserting or acquiring territorial domination.