The Boxer Rebellion

The Chinese Boxer Rebellion Around 1900, after many years of succumbing to the superior military of the West, the Chinese stood up for their country. China was a weak, backwards, country, exploited by the West. They felt that they could counter the foreign domination, but reforms were useless because they needed the West to help with the reforms. But something sparked their confidence, and they believed themselves to be able to conquer any foreign power. This …

…and now the Chinese were going to use it against the west. This inspired confidence and made the people ready to fight, knowing that they could fight machine gun with machine gun. The Chinese were tired of being looked down at by the west. The people were unhappy, armed, or bullet proof, and the Queen encouraged them to fight the west. With all this support how could one not feel ready to fight the West?