Boxer Rebellion

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Maureen Byrd

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China's Boxer Rebellion in Photos: Return to an Uneasy Stability

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A photo of young Boxers. Ultimately, the Boxers converged on Beijing with the slogan "support the Qing, exterminate the foreigners." They forced foreigners and Chinese Christians to seek refuge in the Legation Quarter. In response to reports of armed foreign landings and demands, the initially hesitant Empress Dowager Cixi, urged by the conservatives of the Imperial Court, supported the Boxers and on June 21 authorized war on foreign powers.

Wellesley Pigott (1887-1900) - Find a Grave...

Wellesley Pigott was the only child of Thomas Wellesley Pigott and Emily Jessie Kemp Pigott. The December before his death, he began teaching a Sunday school class of Chinese boys. He was arrested in Shou-yang with his parents and marched to Taiyuan in chains. He died at twelve years of age, at the public execution at Taiyuan, on order of Governor Yu-Hsien, during the Boxer Rebellion.

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ZFC Item Summary

Chinese Imperial Army, Forbidden City Designating Flag - Boxer Rebellion, 1900, Capture by 14th US Infantry. This pennant was previously represented as a flag associated with the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, or "Boxers." A preliminary translation of the ideograms has led to an alternative conclusion on the flag.

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China's Boxer Rebellion in Photos

China's Boxer Rebellion in Photos: Siege of the Legations in Beijing

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China__The_Open_Door_Policy.asf,--Excellent 3 minute clip about Open Door Policy and Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion

Peking burns The Boxer Rebellion

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BOXER REBELLON

The China Inland Mission lost more members than any other missionary agency: 58 adults and 21 children were killed by the Chinese Boxers. However, in 1901, when the allied nations were demanding compensation from the Chinese government, Hudson Taylor refused to accept payment for loss of property or life in order to demonstrate the meekness and gentleness of Christ to the Chinese.