What happened at that time? After the opium war, foreign country intruded China. China lost the sovereignty over the nation. At that time, there were some secret organizations along Shandong, Hebei and Henan, which formed the Boxer Rebellion later. Boxer rebellion was an anti-imperialism uprising, in connection with foreign people and people who believed in God. It took place in Shandong at the end of Qing dynasty. It started at the north of the country and spread over the entire country. Boxers were resentful about the poor conditions of living and the anabasis of other nation. The slogan of the boxers was “support Qing government, exterminate the foreigners”, …show more content…
China and the alliance signed the Boxer Protocol. The Boxer Protocol mentioned that China was not allowed to site coast defense in areas of Baihe River and Qinhuang Island. China had to give 450billion taels silver to the eight nation alliance for reparation. The boxer protocol also stated that China must kill the people who lead to eight nation alliance. Many of the top Chinese officials were executed. They also signed the Treaty of Tientsin. It stated that UK, France, Russia and US could station legations in Beiijing. There were 11 more Chinese ports opened to foreign trade. The foreign vessels including warships could navigate freely on Yangtze River. Foreigners could travel in internal place of Vhina. There was a religious liberty to Chinese Christians. China paid a lot of taels of silver to France and British. China signed Treaty of Peking with Russia. Russia gained a long strip of Pacific coastine south of the mouth of the Amur. They started to build the naval base of Vladivostok. China signed Treaty of Nanjing with Britain. It included cession of Hong Kong Island, reparation, demobilization and foreign trade. Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain and became a colony of Britain. The British merchants could unload their goods to China in Hong Kong. In 1984, Britain gained the whole Hong Kong for 99 years, including New Territories and Kowloon. …show more content…
They could preach in China and made more Chinese became Christians. Chinese government was forced to let other nation garrison in China. Many people died due to the boxer rebellion. The Qing dynasty was much weaker than before. The Boxer Protocol removed the barriers of defense. The Boxer protocol didn't allow China to get ammunition for two years and it destroyed the fort in Beijing. It permitted foreign country to garrison in China. The eight nation alliance could garrison in Beijing and the fort from Beijing to Dagu would be destroyed. China gave other country a bad impression that Chinese people were rude after the Boxer Rebellion. Students who studied overseas were discriminated. Before, the boxers and most of people in China were having xenophobia ideals. After the eight nation alliance war, the boxers knew that they failed. Ethnic confidence were clouted. Chinese then became flatter and afraid of foreign countries. After the treaty of Nanjing, China compensated the eight nation alliance by a large amount of money. The products of other countries were also dumped to China and caused China to bust. The economy of China was declined because China had to pay a lot of money to each country of the eight nation alliance. The tax on many substances were controlled by other country which causes the income of Chinese government to decrease. People in foreign county could control many