HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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Question
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Boxers
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Sepoys
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Boers
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Communists
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the late 1890s, a Chinese secret group, the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (“I-ho-ch’uan” or “Yihequan”), had begun carrying out regular attacks on foreigners and Chinese Christians.
Detailed explanation-2: -Boxers. The uprising was initiated by a Chinese secret society called the Yihetuan (Righteous and Harmonious Fists). This group practised a form of martial arts that resembled boxing, at least to Western eyes. The ‘Boxers’, as they became known, embarked on an armed campaign to drive all foreigners out of China.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rebels were known as the “Boxers” in English because many of its members had practiced Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as “Chinese boxing".