Metaphorical "opening" translation I'm writing about certain historical leaders of China, and I'd like to say something along the lines of "he opened China to foreign investment" or "he opened China to foreign influence", etc. I can translate it except for the "opened", part. I know 开 means to literally open something, like a door, and I've put my sentence into various online translators and gotten "开放" for "open" in context. Does that work or should I use something else?
Sounds right. Something along the line 对外资开放, which means give access to foreign investments.