Western Civilization II / Unit 13 WC2 1224 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Boxers and China Carved
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The idea
After the Opium Wars the powers carved China into spheres of influence. In eighteen ninety-nine the Boxers rose to drive foreigners out, and the dowager empress backed them. An eight-nation force lifted a fifty-five-day siege of the legations; the Boxer Protocol imposed troops and indemnity.
In practice
Railway rails torn from the ground.
Where people slip
Witness-built; the anchor has only the Opium Wars.
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