Boxer Rebellion
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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, Yihetuan Movement, or Boxer War, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 a
Taku Forts Landing
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1970 068 45, China, Boxeraufstand, Alfred Graf v. Waldersee
Boxers around 1900
Русские войска в Пекине 3
Empress Dowager Cixi
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Empress Dowager Cixi was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who periodically controlled the government of the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent from 1861 until her death in 1908.
Boxer Rebellion
…British, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Russian troops—invaded China to lift the siege and on June 17, stormed the Dagu Fort at Tianjin. Empress Dowager Cixi, who had initially been hesitant, supported the Boxers and on June 21, issued an imperial decree that was a de facto declaration of war on the invading…
Consort Dowager Kangci, foster mother of the Xianfeng Emperor. She hosted the selection of Xianfeng's consorts in 1851, in which Lady Yehe Nara participated as a potential candidate.
The Pavilion of Beautiful Scenery, where Consort Yi gave birth to the Tongzhi Emperor
Portrait of a young Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Ci'an, with whom Cixi staged the Xinyou Coup. They were co-regents until Ci'an's death in 1881.