HISTORY
IMPERIALISM ASIA
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A competition between Foreman and Ali
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A nationalist rebellion to topple the Chinese
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A demand for silver bullion
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The British taking Hong Kong
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, a Chinese secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Yìhéquán).
Detailed explanation-3: -A Chinese nationalist uprising, in protest against the growing foreign encroachment into Chinese sovereignty. It took place against the background of foreign acquisition of bases on Chinese soil (such as Hong Kong and Macao), and the attempts of foreign imperialist powers to monopolize trade in the country.
Detailed explanation-4: -The rebels, referred to by Westerners as Boxers because they performed physical exercises they believed would make them able to withstand bullets, killed foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property.