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young men form fighteous fist groups practicing martial arts
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emperor guangxu tries to modernize china
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empress doawger cixi
with guangxu just about to hand severignty to japan he is stopped and empress dowager cixi rules in his name -
liyuantun village
boxers attack liyuantun villages catholic church converted from a temple to the jade emperor -
dowager cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi cancels condemnation of Boxers issues letter of support -
boxers attacks
the boxers storm through countrside burning churches killing missionaries and converts -
claude mcdonald
british minister claude macdonald requests defence force for beijing foreign legations the chinese allow 400 troops from eight nations the capital city -
boxers cut railroad
Boxers cut railroad line at Tianjin isolating Beijing -
dong fuxian
pro boxer General Dong Fuxians troops kill Japanese diplomat Sugiyama Akira -
Empress Dowager Cixi declares war
Empress Dowager Cixi declares war against the foreign powers -
Advancing Chinese
Advancing Chinese drive Japanese and Italian troops to precarious last defense line at Prince Su's palace -
Eight-Nations relief
Eight-Nations relief force lands on coast, begins march to Beijing -
cease-fire
Qing government declares cease-fire on legations -
Chinese end cease-fire
Chinese end cease-fire, bombard legations as foreign "rescue" force approaches capital -
imperial army
Boxers and Chinese Imperial Army besiege legations sheltering 473 foreign civilians 400 foreign soldiers, and approximately 3,000 Chinese Christians -
Boxer Protocol
Qing officials sign Boxer Protocol agree to pay huge war reparations over 40 years