HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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eliminate poverty among the Chinese peasants.
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bring Western-style democracy to China.
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restore trade between China and European nations.
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introduce communism.
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remove foreign influences from China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China. Several countries sent troops to halt the attacks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Boxer Rebellion led to an increase of foreign presence in China. The foreign powers were upset that their traders had been killed and demanded that they be allowed to march their armies into China and destroy the Boxer Rebellion.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Did the Boxer Rebellion moved the Chinese closer to independence? Yes, it moved them closer to independence.