feb 22, 1900 - BOXER REBELLION

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In the late 1800s, a growing number of foreign missionaries and business people were settling in China.

Hostility to the foreigners and the Qing Dynasty increased.

“Society of the Fists of Righteous Harmony” – also known as the Boxers - were a rebel group that killed many Chinese Christians and foreigners.

What happened? Empress Tz’u-hsi (or Ci Xi) secretly encouraged the Boxers.

Results: Boxers surrounded the Foreign Diplomatic Quarter in Beijing. Many Chinese Christians and foreigners were killed here.
Eventually, an international army was formed which crushed the Boxers.

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