Since the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, China has been carved up by imperialist powers, and imperialist countries have stepped up their political and economic aggression against China, which has deepened the national crisis in China and made the people of China suffer greatly.

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The Boxer Rebellion refers to a peasant movement that took place in China at the end of 19 with the slogan of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries", also known as the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion. This movement shattered the arrogant plan of the imperialist powers to carve up China, dealt a heavy blow to the reactionary rule of the Qing government and accelerated its demise.

At first, the Boxer Rebellion, like most secret groups in the Qing Dynasty at that time, opposed the Manchu rule and was suppressed with the slogan of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and regaining sight". With the development of the modern situation in China, the conflict between western forces, led by imperialist aggression, became the main historical contradiction. The Boxer Rebellion began to support the Qing Dynasty's resistance to the West, renamed it "Tiger God Camp" and changed its slogan to "Help the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreign countries" (first proposed by Sanduo Zhao in 1898).

In the spring of Zhili 1900, when the western powers carved up China's sphere of influence, there were frequent religious cases and natural disasters in North China, and the power struggle of the imperial court intensified, thousands of farmers who practiced boxing and were called "Boxers" set fire to churches and Christian houses. In June of the same year, Empress Dowager Cixi allowed the Boxer Rebellion to enter Beijing, and the Boxer Rebellion attacked the Tianjin Concession before the Qing army.

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China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War once again aroused the ambition of European powers to carve up China. 1896, the European powers intending to carve up China demanded unreasonable aggression from the Qing government and permission to build railways and mines. 1897165438+10 In October, a "Caozhou religious case" occurred in Shandong, and two German missionaries, Nengfan and Ricardo, were killed by villagers who rushed into the church. Germany responded immediately and took the opportunity to send troops to occupy Jiaozhou Bay and Jiaoao (now Qingdao).

The Kaiser even lied to his fleet, "If China obstructs my affairs, he will use his old fist." . The following month, Russian troops invaded Lushun, south of Liaoyang, and Britain and France invaded Weihai and Guangzhou Bay (now Zhanjiang, Guangdong) respectively.