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 Valdes later admitted that the details of all the damages and robberies suffered by the Qing Empire would never be found out, but the amount would 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.
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1900, the colonial governments in Asia, Africa and Latin America responded to the British call and cooperated with Eight-Nation Alliance in the northern expedition to China. During this period, the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed. Therefore, the Battle of China was not only the first Asian war of the Australian colonial army, but also the first overseas military action of the Australian Federation.
From 65438 to 0899, the Boxer Rebellion surged in China, quickly occupying the main pages of media in various countries. But for the six British colonies on the Australian mainland, they are more concerned about establishing a natural federation.
After years of political wrangling, 1900 in March, representatives of Australian colonies gathered in London for the final consultation before the establishment of the Federation, and then the draft federal constitution was submitted to the British Parliament for deliberation in July.
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