Boxer Rebellion - Siege of the International Legations, 14th Infantry Regiment, Alpini, 15th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Regiment (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 87. Chapters: Siege of the International Legations, 14th Infantry Regiment, Alpini, 15th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Regiment, Unequal treaty, Boxer Protocol, SMS Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm, Seymour Expedition, SMS Weissenburg, Battle of Dagu Forts, Taiyuan Massacre, Battle of Tientsin, China Relief Expedition, Eight-Nation Alliance, Hundred Days' Reform, Asiatic Squadron, Gweilo, Military Order of the Dragon, 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry, 55 Days at Peking, Battle of Peking, Battle of Yangcun, Aigun, Gasalee Expedition, Hanyang Arsenal, Great Wall of China hoax, Taku Forts, Battle of Beicang, Beijing Legation Quarter, Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program, New Army, Battle of Shanhaiguan, Battle of Pai-t'ou-tzu, Boxers attacks on Chinese Eastern Railway, Big Swords Society, Battles on Amur River, Defence of Yingkou, Russian Invasion of Northern and Central Manchuria, 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs, Battle of Beitang, Battle of Peitang. Excerpt: The Boxer Rebellion, also called The Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" ( - Yihetuan), or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" (known as "Boxers" in English), in China between 1898 and 1901, opposing foreign imperialism and Christianity. The uprising took place in response to foreign "spheres of influence" in China, with grievances ranging from opium traders, political invasion, economic manipulation, to missionary evangelism. In China, popular sentiment remained resistant to foreign influences, and anger rose over the "unequal treaties" ( ), which the weak Qing state could not resist. There existed growing concerns that missionaries and Chinese Christians could use this decline to their ...