COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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was a success and all foreigners were expelled from China
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was a failure and China lost land and became more westernized
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decreased nationalistic feelings and never rebelled again
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increased to power of the Chinese emperor
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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 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Boxers were a fanatical secret organization who were incited by anti-foreign elements in the Chinese Government to commit wide-scale deportations against foreign missionaries and their Chinese converts.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Boxer Rebellion’s name comes from that used by foreigners for members of the Chinese secret society Yihequan (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”): they were called “Boxers” for their boxing and calisthenic rituals. The society’s original aim was to destroy the ruling Qing dynasty and privileged Westerners in China.