COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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to drive out foreign influences
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to overthrow the empress
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to modernize China
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to help correct China’s balance of trade
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Detailed explanation-1: -The society’s original aim was to destroy the ruling Qing dynasty and privileged Westerners in China. Anti-foreign forces who won control of the Chinese government persuaded the Boxers to end their fight against the dynasty and join them to destroy foreigners.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1890s, China had given territorial and commercial concessions in this area to several European nations, and the Boxers blamed their poor standard of living on foreigners who were colonizing their country.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Boxer Rebellion failed due to small numbers and antiquated systems of fighting. While there was a lot of resentment for the Western influence in China by many Chinese, the Boxers, established in the 1890s, were only able to rally between 50, 000 and 100, 000 followers, which was just a small number of the Chinese.
Detailed explanation-4: -Beginning in 1899, Boxers spread violence across Shandong and the North China Plain, destroying foreign property such as railroads and attacking or murdering Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians.