Boxer Rebellion

Proper noun

Meaning

Boxer Rebellion

A violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty between 1899 and 1901.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

After the Boxer Rebellion, 100,000 Russian soldiers were stationed in Manchuria. Source: Internet

He refused to side with the Boxers and attack the Eight-Nation Alliance forces, joining with other Chinese governors who commanded substantial modernized armies like Zhang Zhidong not participating in the Boxer Rebellion. Source: Internet

Kipling was offended by the German Emperor Wilhelm II's Hunnenrede (Hun speech) in 1900 urging German troops being sent to China to crush the Boxer Rebellion to behave like "Huns" and to take no prisoners. Source: Internet

On returning to Vancouver Barracks, he was ordered to rejoin the 14th Infantry in the Philippines ; service in the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion followed. Source: Internet

Outside of Africa, Italy possessed a small concession in Tientsin in China (following the Boxer Rebellion ) and the Dodecanese Islands off the coast of Turkey. Source: Internet

Pioneer was sold to British Royal Navy after its first run due to threat from the Boxer Rebellion and renamed HMS Kinsha. Source: Internet

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