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Boxer Rebellion: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
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Boxer Rebellion
1899–1901 anti-foreign uprising in China
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Empress Dowager Cixi
Regent of the Qing Dynasty (1835–1908)
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