military of the West, the Chinese stood up for their country. China

was a weak, backwards, country, exploited by the West. They felt that

they could counter the foreign domination, but reforms were useless

because they needed the West to help with the reforms. But something

sparked their confidence, and they believed themselves to be able to

conquer any foreign power. This spark was the Society of Harmonious

Fists, commonly known as "Boxers." Combined with unhappy people, and

new weapons technology, the Chinese rebelled against the foreign

The first reason of this confidence was the Boxer Society, which

formed in North China after the Sino-Japanese war, but wasn't well

known until 1898 in Shantung. This organization was actually a cult,

was to rid China of the foreign menace. The boxers were different from

exercises that were supposed to make a magical shield to protect one

believed that magic would protect them, and help remove the foreigners

churches were burned all in the name of independence from foreign

them to fight the west. With all this support how could one not feel

them from turning on the government, the Dowager Empress, Tsu Hsi,

against foreign bullets and shells. These looked similar to a boxers

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Approximate Word count = 609
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)