Boxer Rebellion
Chinese antiforeign uprising
The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreign uprising in China from 1899 to 1901, led by a secret society whose members practiced martial arts—hence "Boxers" in Western accounts.
The rebellion targeted Christian missionaries and Chinese converts, culminating in a siege of foreign legations in Beijing.
An eight-nation alliance crushed the revolt, imposing harsh terms on China and deepening Western intervention in Chinese affairs.
Areas of dominant authority
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Western powersLeading Atlantic democracies collectively
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- foreign interventionExternal power's domestic involvement
missionaries · extraterritoriality · concessions · exploitation · opium trade · consulates · partition · subjugation
Last imperial Chinese regime
Hatred of outsiders
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
nativism · cultural preservation · traditional values · Confucianism · ancestral rites · Chinese identity
Armed uprising against authority
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- spirit possessionEntity controlling someone's body
spheres of influence
Areas of dominant authority
- gunboat diplomacyPersuasion through naval presence
- Western powersLeading Atlantic democracies collectively
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
foreign intervention · missionaries · extraterritoriality · concessions · exploitation · opium trade · consulates · partition · subjugation
Qing Dynasty
Last imperial Chinese regime
indemnity · extraterritoriality · Summer Palace · Forbidden City
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
- anti-imperialismOpposition to foreign domination
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
self-determination · nativism · cultural preservation · traditional values · Confucianism · ancestral rites · Chinese identity
insurgency
Armed uprising against authority
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- militiaNon-professional armed force
- secret societyCovert fraternal organization
- 1800sVictorian era, Napoleon, Gilded Age, Queen Victoria, Industrial Revolution
- Asian historyancient China, China, empresses, shoguns, Chinese civilization
- 1800s AsiaQing dynasty, Opium Wars, British Raj, Emperor Meiji, Tokugawa Shogunate
- Asian Warfaresamurai, ninja, katana, shogun, bushido
- Asian WarsKorean War, Vietnam War, Russo-Japanese War, Pacific War, Chinese Civil War
- uprisingsuprising, revolt, insurrection, mutiny, insurgency
Boxer RebellionTreaty of Nanking
1842 Anglo-Chinese peace accord
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