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	Boxer Rebellion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States was able to play a significant role in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion because of the large number of American ships and troops deployed in the Philippines as a result of the U.S. conquest of the islands during the Spanish American War (1898) and the subsequent Philippine-American War.
		The Boxer rebellion was concentrated in northern China where the European powers had begun to demand territorial, rail and mining concessions.
		In the United States military, the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion was known as the China Relief Expedition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxer_Rebellion (2558 words)

	Boxer Rebellion, China Relief Expedition 1900
		The Boxer Rebellion and the U.S. Navy, 1900-1901
		She responded on 11 January 1900, with a declaration that the Boxers represented a segment of Chinese society, and should not be labeled a criminal organization.
		The United States was able to play a significant role in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion because of the large number of American ships and troops deployed in the Philippines as a result of the US conquest of the islands during the Spanish American War (1898) and subsequent Philippine insurgent activity.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq86-1.htm (733 words)

	Boxer Uprising - MSN Encarta
		In 1899 a secret society of Chinese called the Yihetuan ('Society of Righteousness and Harmony'), known by Westerners as the Boxers, began a campaign of terror against Christian missionaries in the northeastern provinces.
		Boxer Uprising, Chinese nationalist revolt against foreigners, the representatives of alien powers, and Chinese Christians in 1900.
		Although the Boxers were officially denounced, they were secretly supported by many of the royal court, including the Dowager Empress Cixi (Tz'u-hsi).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576765/Boxer_Uprising.html (450 words)

	YDSL Exhibit on the Boxer Rebellion
		The Boxer Rebellion was a religious, anti-foreign movement in China that begin in early 1900 and led to the deaths of many Christians, both missionaries and Chinese converts.
		The aim of the Boxers was to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and expel all foreigners and foreign influences from China.
		Boxer activities, and excerpts from the journal of Susan Rowena Bird, a missionary martyred at Taiku in 1900.
	www.library.yale.edu /div/boxers.htm (374 words)

	The Boxer Rebellion, 1900
		Boxer attacks and destruction of the tracks led to delay after delay and finally the Force decided to halt at Hsiku when they discovered they had captured a Chinese army depot with food and supplies.
		The Boxer rebellion offers an insight in some respects to recent Western operations in Iraq with the main difference being that the Chinese Government was not replaced by a Western backed one.
		When in January 1900 the Empress released an Edict explaining that secret societies were part of Chinese culture and not to be confused with criminal elements the Western powers were furious as this gave almost official support to the Boxer movement.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/wars_boxer.html (1748 words)

	Boxer Rebellion
		The Boxer Rebellion, just like the two opium wars before it, was an excuse for the powerful countries of Europe, American and Japan to interfere with and take over partial control over China.
		Boxer and Chinese troop losses are unknown but are well into the tens of thousands.
		Between 1898 and 1899 the Boxers began to emerge from the undreground and began preaching in the open.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Camp/7624/BoxerRebellion.htm (1241 words)

	Boxer (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Boxer Rebellion, a Chinese uprising in the late 19th century
		Boxer shorts, a style of undergarment based on those worn by boxers.
		Boxer (Animal Farm), a charecter in George Orwell's Animal Farm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxer_(disambiguation) (148 words)

	San Francisco Bay Guardian News
		Boxer was savaged by Republicans and some journalists for her Jan. 6 decision to join members of the U.S. House of Representatives in challenging the certification of Ohio's Electoral College vote.
		Yet Boxer was the only senator willing to step forward and bring about a kind of debate that has occurred only once before in the past century.
		Instead, Boxer's decision has raised the profile of a movement to reform the nation's voting system.
	www.sfbg.com /39/15/news_boxer.html (702 words)

	Boxer's rebellion Salon.com
		Boxer may have a reputation for tilting at windmills, but she bristles at the thought that she is engaging in protests that only delay the inevitable.
		Boxer's in-your-face approach has given some comfort to Democrats around the country who feel defeated as the Republicans celebrate inauguration week.
		Boxer says it's all part of a long process, one that will someday see the Democrats in control again.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2005/01/20/boxer/index.html (923 words)

	Boxer Rebellion (1975)
		Boxer Rebellion is one of Shaw Brothers' biggest and most expensive productions to date where the studio combined their patented kung fu action with a historical drama based on the real-life uprising of cultish Chinese patriots attempting to oust foreign occupiers at the turn of the 20th century.
		Boxer Rebellion is far from a great movie with the rambling narrative being its biggest flaw, but it's still a unique product from a studio that cranked out so many similar swordplay and kung fu actioners.
		In reality, the boxers began as a movement dissatisfied with their own government and it was the Empress who completely redirected that anger against foreigners.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/boxerrebellion_092705.htm (1305 words)

	Boxer Rebellion
		The Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1900 is tied into a complex system of conflicts between China and the outer world, between the central government and the regions and between peasants and elite.
		All of these conflicts interacted with each other, even though, when the Boxer Rebellion started in Shandong it was first and foremost a movement against foreigners and foreign influence in China, and especially against the presence of missionaries associated with the different Christian denominations.
		While in the late 1850s missionaries were rather free in their activities inside China, conflicts arose in Shandong when in 1897 two missionaries were killed and the German government in turn took this as an excuse to occupy the Kiaochow bay in order to build up a city there.
	www.lcsc.edu /modernchina/u3s1p8.htm (486 words)

	Boxer Uprising
		China emerged from the Boxer Uprising with a greatly increased debt and was, in effect, a subject nation.
		Boxer Uprising, 1898–1900, antiforeign movement in China, culminating in a desperate uprising against Westerners and Western influence.
		In June, 1900, the Boxers (some 140,000 strong and now led by the war party at court), occupied Beijing and for eight weeks besieged the foreigners and the Chinese Christians there.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0808596.html (550 words)

	The Boxer Rebellion
		The Boxer Rebellion targeted both the Manchu dynasty in China and the influence of European powers within China.
		This was shorten to Boxers and the rebellion has gone done in history as the Boxer Rebellion.
		The rebellion began in north China in the Shantung Province.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /boxer_rebellion.htm (796 words)

	Boxer Rebellion from HisRoom
		Boxer Rebellion boxers are known for their unique and whimsical designs.
		Boxer Rebellion has been in business for over 10 years in the USA..
		When you buy a product made by Boxer Rebellion, you are helping to keep Americans Employed because all work is performed in the USA.
	www.hisroom.com /Boxer_Rebellion,BoxR01,8.cfm (105 words)

	Boxer Rebellion: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		The fists of righteous harmony () was a society in china that executed the unsuccessful boxer rebellion in the closing years of the...
		(although it was temporarily sustained by the Europeans who were under the impression that the Boxer Rebellion was anti-Qing.
		The treaty of 1901, more commonly known as boxer protocol or peace agreement between the great powers and china, is a peace treaty signed in 1901 between...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/boxer_rebellion.htm (2503 words)

	Amazon.com: Boxer Rebellion : The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners that Shook the World in the Summer of 1900: Books: Diana Preston
		However, the Boxer rebellion was one of the most spectacular events of anti-Western violence of the last 125 years, and a better discussion of the causes and effects would be particularly useful in the modern context.
		The Boxer rebellion story is proof that fact is more amazing than fiction, and although this book tells mostly the story of how the foreign legations reacted to and endured the rebellion -as opposed to being a comprehensive history of the event itself- the author tells the story brilliantly.
		Detailing the beginning of the Boxer assault, she charts the reasons for the rebellionAthe xenophobia, superstition, abject poverty and legitimate outrage at foreign attempts at domination that drove the rebels and their sympathizers in the Manchu court.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0425180840?v=glance (2861 words)

	rebelinchina
		The Boxer Rebellion was a peasant uprising that attempted to drive all foreigners from China and to destroy the Mongol Ch'ing dynasty.
		The Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 64) was by far the bloodiest war of the nineteenth century.
		In 1900 the Dowager Empress persuaded the Boxers to drop their opposition to the Ch'ing dynasty and unite with it to destroy the foreigners.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /departments/isa/ninvest/imperial/rebelinchina.htm (445 words)

	Boxer Rebellion, Natal Rebellion
		Perhaps, however, the most enduring result of Australia's involvement in the Boxer Rebellion was the "acquisition" of a number of Chinese works of art which have graced Australian galleries ever since.
		One of Australia's most unusual military expeditions occurred in 1900-1 when a task force was sent into China to help the British crush the Boxer Rebellion.
		Chinese prisoners, perhaps Boxers or criminals, with written tags attached to declare their crime.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-conflicts-periods/other/boxer-natal.htm (895 words)

	CHINA - BOXER REBELLION
		But she says the Boxer Rebellion is still considered a national shame in China- that an international army was allowed to march through the country and sack Beijing.
		In her new book, called "The Boxer Rebellion," Diana Preston says many Chinese saw those problems as a direct result of decades of foreign aggression in China.
		But their (the Boxers') dislike, their hatred, their worry about foreign activity in China was far greater than their concerns about the imperial government.
	www.fas.org /news/china/2000/000620-prc1.htm (1117 words)

	Boxer Rebellion
		In June 1900, the Boxers surrounded the legations in Peking and began a two-month siege.
		During the Boxer Revolt at the turn of the century, attacks were being conducted against foreigners.
		The legations were relieved in late August 1900, and the fury of the Boxer uprising was spent.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/stream/faq45-13.htm (180 words)

	Boxer History
		Soon they were besieged there by a much larger force of Boxers assisted by Chinese imperial troops.
		Boxers in the northern provinces attacked and killed hundreds of Chinese Christians and foreigners, mostly missionaries.
		They formed the nucleus of a secret group called Boxers by Westerners which, with tacit support of the Dowager Empress, undertook a campaign against foreign influences and foreigners.
	1-14th.com /boxerhist.htm (783 words)

	The Boxer Rebellion--A Preview
		If there were intelligence, grace, or good humor behind this hard left record, Boxer might be a more formidable candidate, but she lacks any of the qualities that can soften a fanatic's edge.
		Armitage tried gently to instruct Boxer that North Korea had begun cheating on the agreement before Bush came to office, but she would have nothing of it.
		When the National Journal rated Sen. Boxer the most liberal member of the United States Senate last week, it was a mild surprise.
	weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/235ecezx.asp (543 words)

	Ch'ing China: The Boxer Rebellion
		The Boxer Rebellion, then, was only limited to a few places, but concentrated itself in Beijing.
		The Boxers believed that the expulsion of foreign devils would magically renew Chinese society and begin a new golden age.
		This policy reached its climax in 1900 with the Boxer Rebellion.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/CHING/BOXER.HTM (770 words)

	Boxer Rebellion Theatre on Centerstage Chicago - Boxer Rebellion Theatre : 1257 W. Loyola, Chicago, (773) 465-7325, Theatre, Low-Budget Theatres, Store-front Theatres
		Boxer Rebellion strives to move beyond just the act of producing theatre but to create community with the subject of plays and social outreach programs.
		The Boxer Rebellion Theatre Company is a professional, multi-ethnic, cutting edge ensemble that challenges the typical standards and norms of conventional theater.
		Boxer continues to work with exciting organizations including the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago, National Association of Social Workers and several other prominent social institutions.
	centerstage.net /theatre/theatres/boxer-rebelling.html (246 words)

	AlterNet: The Boxer Rebellion
		Give Barbara Boxer credit for sparking the most engaged debate that the Senate has yet seen over the Bush administration lies that led the United States into the quagmire that is Iraq.
		Rice's problem was that her credibility and integrity had been impugned – not by Boxer but by the nominee herself.
		All Boxer did was bring Rice's deceptions to light and, perhaps most significantly, to link them to the continuing crisis in Iraq.
	www.alternet.org /story/21098 (872 words)

	Pa kuo lien chun (1976)
		Historically, although some of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion were indeed pure-hearted patriots, the barbaric deeds committed by the Boxers and their leadership are historical proof that most of the Boxers and their leaders were merciless zealots who had no scruples about massacring defenseless women, children and babies.
		The leaders of the Boxer Rebellion were portrayed as pure-hearted heroes while the foreigners (especially Japanese, Russians and Germans) were portrayed as one-dimensional greedy idiots.
		The American soldiers who were sent to Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion wore uniform totally different from the ones worn during the Civil War.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0075031 (682 words)

	OpinionJournal - John Fund on the Trail
		Boxer vowed to filibuster the possible nomination of Rep. Chris Cox, a respected judicial conservative.
		Boxer and Feinstein more cooperative in allowing more important nominations--especially for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals--through.
		Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both Democrats, would have virtual veto power over district-court nominations.
	www.opinionjournal.com /diary/?id=110001801 (931 words)

	Electronic Passport to the Boxer Rebellion
		Throughout the summer of 1900 the Boxers burned churches and foreign residences and killed Chinese Christians on sight.
		The empress dowager publicly opposed the Boxers, but her ministers quietly convinced them to join forces in order to drive foreigners from China.
		The Boxers believed they had magical powers and that the bullets could not harm them.
	www.mrdowling.com /613-boxer.html (261 words)

	The Guardian
		The fact that these same countries, organised within the NATO military alliance, bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999, nearly a hundred years after the inspirational Boxer rebellion, is an indication that imperialism has not given up its aspirations and thirst to reimpose its imperialist domination.
		The Boxer movement began in Shandong when locals started practicing "spirit boxing", a martial art which included acquiring new "spirit possession" and a belief in invincibility in the battle to drive out the Western invaders and their Christian convert allies.
		China's humiliation at the hands of foreign powers was to continue with the invasion by Japan in 1931, which included the rape of Nanking that left hundreds of thousands of Chinese dead.
	www.cpa.org.au /garchve3/1023box.html (870 words)

	www.myspace.com/boxerrebellionfl
		Boxer Rebellion had their first show in Jacksonville on July 9, 2004 at Jack Rabbits with Kevin Divine, Plain White T's, and the Rocket Summer.
		boxer rebellion is 5 dudes that rock the fuck out with killer melodic metal guitar riffs, shit yourself thundering bass, pretty singing, hardcore screaming, and crazy technical drums.
		Boxer Rebellion originated in Baltimore, MD sometime in 2003 when original members Jon, Chris, and Chris moved to Jacksonville, FL.
	www.myspace.com /boxerrebellionfl (1664 words)

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