Many Chinese were not happy about the increasing Western influence, so they:
(C) Rose up in the Boxer Rebellion.
The boxers were members of a Chinese secret society that called themselves as the sect of Yihe Quan (the fists of justice and concord). The organization included Chinese people who rebelled against Western settlers who imposed the Christian religion in their countries. They settled on their land and tried to transform society with technology from Europe. The King's dynasty supported the action of these foreign countries because they agreed with this effort of modernization after the humiliating defeat suffered against Japan during the first Sino-Japanese war. It happened between 1894 and 1895.
In March 1898, the boxers began their violent protest actions. For two years, they destroyed railroads and churches by killing many Catholic missionaries and Chinese who converted to this religion.
The decisive phase of the conflict took place in Beijing during June and August 1900. The sect of Yihe Quan supported by the imperial army attacked Western people and Chinese who lived in that city for 55 days in a row.
On August 5, 1900, an army of 20,000 men from the 8 allied nations marched on Beijing. They liberated the city and massacred the rebels. The army was composed of German, French, Japanese, Austrian, American, Italian, British and Russian soldiers.
The war of these boxers was a new defeat of the Chinese traditionalists against the strength of Japan, and the Western countries.
Subject: History
Chapter: The History of China
Keywords: the dynasty king's history, conflicts between Japan and China, modernization of China, Yihe Quan
