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What was the Boxer Rebellion? Nationalist movement (late 19 th century) Boxer war (1900-1901) Contact with Western countries. The Boxer Rebellion. Img source: http://www.sacu.org/boxers.html. What started it? Christian missionaries - entered China in the early 19th century
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What was the Boxer Rebellion? Nationalist movement (late 19th century) Boxer war (1900-1901) Contact with Western countries The Boxer Rebellion Img source: http://www.sacu.org/boxers.html
What started it? • Christian missionaries - entered China in the early 19th century • Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism - favoured religions • ‘The Society of Righteous Fists’, or ‘Boxers’ • Pressure from foreign powers • Opium trading
Boxer War: • Confrontation b/w 'Eight Nation Alliance' (Russia, Japan, USA, Britain, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy) and the Boxers. • 21st of June 1900 - The Qing government declared war on all Christians and allied foreigners • The 'Siege of Peking' Img source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/china-postcard/4510532354/sizes/o/in/photostream/