The Boxer Rebellion

Through the 19th century, Chinese emperors saw foreign troops began to infiltrate more and more into their land. Over and over again, China was forced to make an embarrassing concession. More modern armed foreign forces will continue to defeat the imperial army. With the arrival of the new century, the Empress of Qing Dynasty sought a way to get rid of the invading foreign empire. Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan and Russia all claim to be the only trade point of their "influence range". Some of these countries claim even that their territory is their territory.

Summary and Definition: The boxer's rebellion is an anti-imperialist uprising of Chinese farmers from September 1901 to September 7, 1901, a foreign invader from a foreign religion and a strange culture from China It was aimed to expel. In 1900, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria - the Hungarian Empire, France, Japan, Russia, and Italy alliance were founded to organize interventions in China. The outcome of the boxer 's rebellion was a league victory. The uprising began in a Chinese religious society called "I Ho Chuan" translated into English meaning "a fight of justice and harmony", so the uprising was called a boxer rebellion. Because the original name of the secret society contains the word 'ch'uan' meaning fists, rebel factions are called boxers by foreigners - hence the name of the boxer rebellion

In 1900, in the so-called boxer rebellion (or boxer uprising), the secret organization of China called the Justice and Harmony Fist Association caused an uprising in northern China against the western and Japanese influences there. These insurgents were called boxers by Westerners as they thought they would be able to withstand bullets, kill foreigners and Chinese Christians, and destroy foreign fortune It was. From June to August, boxers were surrounded by the Chinese capital Beijing (which was then called Beijing) until the international forces, including the US military, raided the rebellion. In accordance with the terms of the Boxer Protocol which officially ended up rebellion in 1901, China agreed to pay damages of more than $ 330 million.