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1
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What was the Boxer Rebellion a result of?

A

continued failures of the self-strengthening movement, The defeat in the sino-japanese war, corruption and impotence in opposing territorial demands, scramble for concessions – GROWTH IN NATIONALISM

2
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Who did the progressives find a patron in (Qing)

A

Emperor Guanxu

3
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Who was Cixi

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irrepresible ex-regent, ultra conservative who opposed any reform to the political system.

4
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When was Cixi a regent?

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from 1861-1889 after Emperor Xianfeng’s death

5
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when did Cixi reassume regency?

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in 1898 after she plotted for Guanxu’s removal and he was placed under house arrest until he died in 1908

6
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what shows Cixi’s ignorance (to do with money)

A

she had a marble boat carved with money that was intended for modernising China’s navy.

7
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when was the Hundred Days Reform

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1898

8
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what were some things that the Hundred Days reform included

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reorganising the education system, western style university in Beijing, freedom of publication, government departments for mining, agriculture and trade

9
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what happened to reformers when Cixi took the regency again

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some fled (Kang and Liang) others were not lucky and they were killed

10
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where did the Boxer rebellion begin

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Shangdong- province that had been humiliated (weihaiwei, german military presence)

11
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what was the name of the Boxers

A

Fists of United Righteousness

12
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who did Boxers target

A

Christianity and chinese converts

13
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what did the boxers do?

A

attacked anything with western origin, they claimed to have supernatural powers (impenetrable by bullets)

14
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how many chinese christians were killed in the 1890s?

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approx 30,000

15
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what happened in Taiyuan

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a governor promised missionaries and their families saftey not true and they were all killed by boxers

16
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what did Boxers do when they entered the foreign legations in Beijing

A

put them under siege, assassinated a German minister and Japanese diplomat

17
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why did Cixi grant support to the Boxers?

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she thought they might be able to rid china of foreigners, she orders Qing troops to help the uprising (order ignored by most regional bosses)

18
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What was the Eight Nation Army, how many troops

A

western nations sent a joint army of 20,000 to relieve the besieged legations

19
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What was the boxer protocol (1901)

A

treaty that demanded the apologies for the murder of the chinese diplomat and a memorial for the Murdered German ambassador, legation quarter was now just for foreigners, allowed to station troops in beijing, indemnity of 450 million taels

20
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what did the boxer rebellion signify

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the last stand of conservative china– now had to accept foreigners were permanent in china

21
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why was the Qing upheld by the foreign powers?

A

maintain a semblance of national unity

22
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how much of the population were addicted to opium (foreign presence bringing it in)

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40%

23
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when did the Qing collapse

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1911

24
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why was the boxer rebellion significant in terms of the fall of the Qing

A

turned it from an If to a When (embarrassment etc)

25
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what was important about the boxer rebellion for Japan

A

a lot of the 20,000 troops sent in were Japanese– world importance

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