Boxers Rise: China Fights Foreign Domination
Rebels besieged foreign legations in Beijing for 55 days, requiring a multinational army to march on the capital and crush the uprising. This military intervention shattered the Qing dynasty's remaining sovereignty, triggering the harsh terms of the Boxer Protocol that imposed massive indemnities and cemented foreign control over Chinese affairs for decades.
June 13, 1900
126 years ago
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