Eight-Nation Alliance is a joint army of the British Empire, the United States, the Third Republic of France, the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Italian Kingdom and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Eight-Nation Alliance launched a war of aggression against China in 1900, that is, in the 26th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty. At that time, foreigners interfered in the internal affairs of the Qing government headed by Cixi.

The conservative aristocrats in Manchu, headed by Empress Dowager Cixi, were strongly xenophobic and even ignored the basic norms of international relations. They want to drive away all foreigners and sever all relations with foreign countries. This is the fuse that caused the G8. Cixi decided to comply with the Boxer Rebellion to help clear up foreign countries, drove Eight-Nation Alliance out of China and declared war on Eight-Nation Alliance. Later, Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing.

Extended information on the background of Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China;

1894 China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, and China's international status plummeted. Western powers began to covet China. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, the western powers set off an upsurge of carving up China. With the deepening of the national crisis, China people's struggle against imperialism is growing day by day.

At the same time, with the deepening of war reparations, the people were overwhelmed and eventually led to the Boxer Rebellion. The Qing government was at home and abroad, unable to resist, so the western powers became even more presumptuous and tried to seize China by taking advantage of the fish in troubled waters.

The total number of troops invading China is about 50 thousand, which is well-equipped and powerful. 1900, 14 August, Beijing completely fell, and wherever Eight-Nation Alliance went, he killed, set fire to, raped and plundered! There are countless treasures stolen and looted from the Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai and the Summer Palace! Among them, the famous Yuanmingyuan, after the British and French allied forces, was looted again and eventually became a ruin.

Eight-Nation Alliance Commander-in-Chief Wadesi later admitted that the details of all the damage and robbery suffered by China this time will never be found out, but the amount will be extremely considerable. 190 1 On September 7th, China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, which brought unprecedented suffering to the country and people at that time.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Eight-Nation Alliance's War of Aggression against China