alternative view, boxer rebellion, chinese history, eight-nation alliance, qing dynasty

An Alternative View: The Eight-Nation Alliance and Fall of the Qing Dynasty

Due to the growing influence of foreign powers during the early 19th century Qing Dynasty in China, an uprising of anti-foreign, anti-colonial sentiment developed under the name of the Boxer Rebellion, which was given to it by foreigners, connotating a Chinese secret society known to Chinese as Yihequan (Righteous and Harmonious Fist). The Boxer Rebellion ...

Hermann Rohr

An imperial robe from the Qing Dynasty.