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Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Boxer Rebellion Reflection
What is the significance of the Boxer Rebellion? How does this event contribute to our understanding of the history and culture of East Asia? How does this event fit into the bigger picture of world history?
The Boxer Rebellion was a rebellion against foreign influence in China in 1900. The "Boxers," members of the Fists of Righteous Harmony, terrorized Christians and foreigners, often forcing Catholics to convert. This helps to understand East Asia because it shows the lasting impact that imperialism has on China. It also shows the resentment that remained after the Opium Wars and the unfairness of the Treaty of Nanjing. This led to a hatred to Britain and the western powers that took advantage of China. This also fits into world history because it demonstrates how people will blame their problems on another group of people and kill them to solve the problem, like the Turks killing the Armenians in the Armenian Genocide and the Nazi killing the Jews in WWII. It also shows how imperialism caused resentment for western powers all over the world, like in Africa and the former Ottoman Empire.
The Boxer Rebellion was an event in early 1900s after the Chinese lost the Opium Wars. The Boxer Rebellion is an example of what imperialism can do to a state when their is already distrust built up. The significance of the Boxer Rebellion is that it created a long lasting distrust between foreigners and China. It also showed that the Chinese government was also against foreign powers, or was willing to support rebellions against it. The Boxer rebellion shows us that the religion of China is willing to fight against foreign religions, especially if they do not pay taxes or participate in their activities. This event fits into the bigger picture of world history by falsely representing the Chinese population as Boxers, who were ignorant and not something a group of people would want to be portrayed as. The Boxer Rebellion created a large amount of distrust of foreigners that still lasts to today, and falsely represents all of China to the rest of the world.
Foreigners in China were disliked all over the country. When Christian missionaries arrived in China and did not follow the majority of laws, it caused Chinese people to dislike Christians and attempted to force them from the country. These people that rebelled and tried to force them out were the Fists of Righteous Harmony and were also known as the boxers. The rebellion, however, did not cause the imperialism of the Christians to leave. There is still imperialism attempting to be forced on China today. This is just one example of a rebellion that encouraged hatred towards foreigners, but did not accomplish much. This is a theme of the world as a whole.
The Boxer Rebellion is significant, because it introduced blame on the foreigners for problems in China. Drought that plagued China was blamed on the foreigners for their refusal to participate in rituals that brought rain and their disruption in society. Ci Xi helped the boxers in their rebellion because it placed the blame on an outside force instead of herself and the current government. This contributes to the anger towards spheres of influence in East Asia. China had issues when the world powers such as England and Germany divided the ports in China into Spheres of Influence. This fits into the bigger picture of world history because it is a prime example of imperialism met by nationalism. The boxers wanted the Christian influence to be eliminated and they wanted to have their traditional ways continued (nationalism), and the Christian westerners wanted to gather more followers and converts in the Chinese region by expanding their influence (imperialism). The Boxer Rebellion also influenced a feeling of anti-foreign views and stereotyped the Chinese people to all be "ridiculous" and hatful of westerners. The westerners came to view the Chinese in this way because of the way missionaries were perceived to be treated; some leaders of missionary groups were killed. Overall, the rebellion planted the view of anit-foreignism and was a prime example of imperialism in the time period.
The Boxer Rebellion caused long term turmoil and distrust against foreigners. The history and culture of East Asia was affected because it encouraged anti-western ideas and set an example for the rest of China that it was okay to hate foreigners. This idea stemmed from the treaty of Nanjing that ended the Opium Wars with Britain that left China with an unfair burden of the war. Anti-western ideas continued to cause conflicts later in Chinese history as their resentment of Western ideals continued. In a global context, the Boxer Rebellion was during the age of imperialism of the West and a continuum of Western domination of the world. This imperialism caused great resentment in China and other countries which continues to this day.
The Boxer Rebellion is significant of nationalism of China. The people of North China blamed things on the Christian missionaries because they refused to blame their own people for problems. This event contributes to our understanding of the history and culture of East Asia because it shows how powerful religion is to the people of East Asia. Their historical background of events such as the Opium Wars play a large part in blaming and attacking the Christian missionaries from Western culture. This fits into a bigger picture of world history because their was a false representation of China to the rest of the world. That makes the foreign countries not want to trade with China.
Significance of rebellion: lasting foreign hatred, continued foreign influence (such as in Hong Kong), has affected the relationship between China and the West, historiography: the Chinese had a view that the Boxer rebellion was as against foreign aggression.
Contribution to East Asia culture/history: the rebellion is an effect of the unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanjing) from the Opium Wars against Britain. The anti-foreignism was fostered by the extraterritoriality (the British refusing to follow Chinese laws and pay Chinese taxes). This applied to Chinese government policy when CiXi supported the Boxers to blame all of China's problems on foreigners
World history: Trend of the fight against imperialism, in the era of colonialism/imperialism, the Opium Wars led to spheres of influence in which China.
In China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxers caused disruption throughout the Chinese society. The Boxers were a humiliation throughout China and since they were such a big part of Chinese history, the Boxers came to represent China and were the only thing at the time that foreign powers saw. This caused foreign powers to view China as ridiculous. One of the priorities of the Boxers were to have foreign influence taken out of China. Today the US has many businesses and companies stationed in China which is against totally what the Boxers wanted.
The significance of the Boxer Rebellion is the continuation of foreign influence and the ignorance of Catholics. Britain undermined the legal system, disrupted government, and took over their trade. They practiced the act of extraterritoriality, which was how British citizens in China didn't have to follow Chinese laws. They controlled large areas on coasts of China, and encouraged anti-foreignism that set an example to hate foreigners. Historically, Ci Xi gave minimal support to Boxers because of interest of keeping imperial authority. THe Catholics wouldn't pay taxes and never followed rules because it wasn't part of their beliefs.
The Boxer Rebellion shows the manifestation of imperialism in China, by having the the Christians and other foreigners disrespect laws, avoid paying taxes, and the inability to be tried by a Chinese court. This state of imperialism undermines the Chinese government and may have possibly led to the Boxer rebellion. This can be seen in East Asian culture as sort of the rejection of foreign influences, for example Buddhism being one of the only foreign cultural affiliations that has stayed with China for centuries. Also, India can not even be compared to the forces of imperialism from the western powers. This event fits into current events such as the Islamic rejection of the West, and several other world events that continue to occur due to blaming problems on foreign powers.
The Boxer Rebellion was a targeted attack against Christian missionaries and other foreigners. This had somewhat began as a result of the Opium Wars. This was when the opium drug was illegal and banned in China, however the British continued to import it. The treaty of these wars was the Treaty of Nanjing, which were thought to have made unfair agreements such as the splitting of ports. These already made for a complicated relationship with the British and Christians (which many were). In addition, the fact that Christians refused to pay taxes because they did not belief in nor care to support the Chinese traditions was blatant disrespect to the Chinese, and the disregard of the port rules and how the British continued to import opium. All of these factors and events led to the hatred towards the/of the west and its western culture.
The significance of the Boxer Rebellion was the long lasting presence and influence of foreigners in China. The Boxer Rebellion was between a group of Chinese warriors and Christians, as well as other foreigners. The group of warriors terrorized and attacked the Christians. These attacks were due to the imperialism of Western countries and nationalism among the Chinese people. This shows us, as proved in other regions, that nationalistic views are willing to fight against the imperial influence of the west. Also, the Opium Wars led to divided areas of influence in China.
The Boxer Rebellion is an important event in Chinese history. It was significant because it was a chance to end Western rule in China. Today, the Boxer Rebellion helps us understand that the culture of China in this time period was mostly controlled by foreigners and was influenced by extraterritoriality, where foreigners such as the British did not have to follow Chinese laws and would receive special treatment from the British officials if they disobeyed them. During the rebellion we also see the weakened state of China, because the state was easily defeated by foreign powers and forced to sign unfair treaties, such as the Nanjing Treaty. During this time period, imperialism is evident because Britain had a tight grip on the Chinese and the British living in China were able to escape taxes and government rulings. These factors eventually added up and can be argued as the reason for the Boxer Rebellion.
The Boxer Rebellion proves the unbalance and flaws in the society of China. However, it also shows the great level of nationalism present in China. It demonstrates aggression towards foreign powers imperializing China. The Chinese had hatred toward the foreigners which was magnified during the intense drought that the nation had experienced. Since the foreigners did not participate in rituals, they received blame for this negative event. This illustrates how the culture of China is independent and does not appreciate the foreign individuals residing in the area. As a result of the Opium Wars, China has lost a great deal of trust towards foreigners living in the country. After this rebellion, the relations between China and the rest of the world has been changed resulting in loss of trade in China.
The Boxer Rebellion impacted the idea of Chinese culture, Chinese government, and our understanding of both East Asian history and world history. The western idea of Chinese culture was greatly affected by the Boxer Rebellion. The some in the west generalized the Chinese and assumed that all of the Chinese were ignorant and ridiculous in their beliefs. The Boxer Rebellion also disrupted China's government with their killings. The Boxer rebellion also bears resemblance to past events in world history. Social Darwinism is apparent in the relationship with the British and the Chinese as it was various times in world history.
The Boxer Rebellion is one of the prime examples of rebellions against Western cultural imperialism. The Boxers rebelled against the foreign powers that were exerting greater forces on China but failed. This hostility dates back to the Opium Wars--a conflict between Great Britain and China over the selling of Opium in China. The defeat of the Boxers by the Western powers ensured that they stayed in China and exerted further influence on the country, as seen with the myriad of American companies that have located factories on China's coast. This event contributes to our understanding of the history and culture of East Asia by showing the region's strong hostility against Western forces. Even if the Boxers' attacks were not entirely provoked by the cultural imperialism, Chinese historians certainly made it out to be that way. This event fits into the bigger picture of world history by showing yet another example of the West forcing its culture on the East and, in turn, the East rebelling against these Western ideas and practices.
The Boxer rebellion is an example of rebellions in east Asia against the western powers that had presence in the area. The Boxers were a group known as the Fists of Righteous Harmony, and they were against the foreigners inside of China. When the Boxers were eventually eliminated as a threat by the foreigners, the Foreign powers made unfair treaties with china that led to western influence in China. The Chinese government refused to take blame for the problems in china that were affecting the boxers and in turn, they blamed the foreigners for these problems. This made the boxers take all of their anger out on the foreigners. The last time that The Western powers were attacked by the Chinese nationals, was during the Opium Wars.
The Boxer Rebellion was a rebellion against foreign influence in China in 1900. The "Boxers," members of the Fists of Righteous Harmony, terrorized Christians and foreigners, often forcing Catholics to convert. This helps to understand East Asia because it shows the lasting impact that imperialism has on China. It also shows the resentment that remained after the Opium Wars and the unfairness of the Treaty of Nanjing. This led to a hatred to Britain and the western powers that took advantage of China. This also fits into world history because it demonstrates how people will blame their problems on another group of people and kill them to solve the problem, like the Turks killing the Armenians in the Armenian Genocide and the Nazi killing the Jews in WWII. It also shows how imperialism caused resentment for western powers all over the world, like in Africa and the former Ottoman Empire.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion was an event in early 1900s after the Chinese lost the Opium Wars. The Boxer Rebellion is an example of what imperialism can do to a state when their is already distrust built up. The significance of the Boxer Rebellion is that it created a long lasting distrust between foreigners and China. It also showed that the Chinese government was also against foreign powers, or was willing to support rebellions against it. The Boxer rebellion shows us that the religion of China is willing to fight against foreign religions, especially if they do not pay taxes or participate in their activities. This event fits into the bigger picture of world history by falsely representing the Chinese population as Boxers, who were ignorant and not something a group of people would want to be portrayed as. The Boxer Rebellion created a large amount of distrust of foreigners that still lasts to today, and falsely represents all of China to the rest of the world.
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ReplyDeleteForeigners in China were disliked all over the country. When Christian missionaries arrived in China and did not follow the majority of laws, it caused Chinese people to dislike Christians and attempted to force them from the country. These people that rebelled and tried to force them out were the Fists of Righteous Harmony and were also known as the boxers. The rebellion, however, did not cause the imperialism of the Christians to leave. There is still imperialism attempting to be forced on China today. This is just one example of a rebellion that encouraged hatred towards foreigners, but did not accomplish much. This is a theme of the world as a whole.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion is significant, because it introduced blame on the foreigners for problems in China. Drought that plagued China was blamed on the foreigners for their refusal to participate in rituals that brought rain and their disruption in society. Ci Xi helped the boxers in their rebellion because it placed the blame on an outside force instead of herself and the current government. This contributes to the anger towards spheres of influence in East Asia. China had issues when the world powers such as England and Germany divided the ports in China into Spheres of Influence. This fits into the bigger picture of world history because it is a prime example of imperialism met by nationalism. The boxers wanted the Christian influence to be eliminated and they wanted to have their traditional ways continued (nationalism), and the Christian westerners wanted to gather more followers and converts in the Chinese region by expanding their influence (imperialism). The Boxer Rebellion also influenced a feeling of anti-foreign views and stereotyped the Chinese people to all be "ridiculous" and hatful of westerners. The westerners came to view the Chinese in this way because of the way missionaries were perceived to be treated; some leaders of missionary groups were killed. Overall, the rebellion planted the view of anit-foreignism and was a prime example of imperialism in the time period.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion caused long term turmoil and distrust against foreigners. The history and culture of East Asia was affected because it encouraged anti-western ideas and set an example for the rest of China that it was okay to hate foreigners. This idea stemmed from the treaty of Nanjing that ended the Opium Wars with Britain that left China with an unfair burden of the war. Anti-western ideas continued to cause conflicts later in Chinese history as their resentment of Western ideals continued. In a global context, the Boxer Rebellion was during the age of imperialism of the West and a continuum of Western domination of the world. This imperialism caused great resentment in China and other countries which continues to this day.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion is significant of nationalism of China. The people of North China blamed things on the Christian missionaries because they refused to blame their own people for problems. This event contributes to our understanding of the history and culture of East Asia because it shows how powerful religion is to the people of East Asia. Their historical background of events such as the Opium Wars play a large part in blaming and attacking the Christian missionaries from Western culture. This fits into a bigger picture of world history because their was a false representation of China to the rest of the world. That makes the foreign countries not want to trade with China.
ReplyDeleteSignificance of rebellion: lasting foreign hatred, continued foreign influence (such as in Hong Kong), has affected the relationship between China and the West, historiography: the Chinese had a view that the Boxer rebellion was as against foreign aggression.
ReplyDeleteContribution to East Asia culture/history: the rebellion is an effect of the unequal treaties (Treaty of Nanjing) from the Opium Wars against Britain. The anti-foreignism was fostered by the extraterritoriality (the British refusing to follow Chinese laws and pay Chinese taxes). This applied to Chinese government policy when CiXi supported the Boxers to blame all of China's problems on foreigners
World history: Trend of the fight against imperialism, in the era of colonialism/imperialism, the Opium Wars led to spheres of influence in which China.
In China at the time of the Boxer Rebellion, the Boxers caused disruption throughout the Chinese society. The Boxers were a humiliation throughout China and since they were such a big part of Chinese history, the Boxers came to represent China and were the only thing at the time that foreign powers saw. This caused foreign powers to view China as ridiculous. One of the priorities of the Boxers were to have foreign influence taken out of China. Today the US has many businesses and companies stationed in China which is against totally what the Boxers wanted.
ReplyDeleteThe significance of the Boxer Rebellion is the continuation of foreign influence and the ignorance of Catholics. Britain undermined the legal system, disrupted government, and took over their trade. They practiced the act of extraterritoriality, which was how British citizens in China didn't have to follow Chinese laws. They controlled large areas on coasts of China, and encouraged anti-foreignism that set an example to hate foreigners. Historically, Ci Xi gave minimal support to Boxers because of interest of keeping imperial authority. THe Catholics wouldn't pay taxes and never followed rules because it wasn't part of their beliefs.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion shows the manifestation of imperialism in China, by having the the Christians and other foreigners disrespect laws, avoid paying taxes, and the inability to be tried by a Chinese court. This state of imperialism undermines the Chinese government and may have possibly led to the Boxer rebellion. This can be seen in East Asian culture as sort of the rejection of foreign influences, for example Buddhism being one of the only foreign cultural affiliations that has stayed with China for centuries. Also, India can not even be compared to the forces of imperialism from the western powers. This event fits into current events such as the Islamic rejection of the West, and several other world events that continue to occur due to blaming problems on foreign powers.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion was a targeted attack against Christian missionaries and other foreigners. This had somewhat began as a result of the Opium Wars. This was when the opium drug was illegal and banned in China, however the British continued to import it. The treaty of these wars was the Treaty of Nanjing, which were thought to have made unfair agreements such as the splitting of ports. These already made for a complicated relationship with the British and Christians (which many were). In addition, the fact that Christians refused to pay taxes because they did not belief in nor care to support the Chinese traditions was blatant disrespect to the Chinese, and the disregard of the port rules and how the British continued to import opium. All of these factors and events led to the hatred towards the/of the west and its western culture.
ReplyDeleteThe significance of the Boxer Rebellion was the long lasting presence and influence of foreigners in China. The Boxer Rebellion was between a group of Chinese warriors and Christians, as well as other foreigners. The group of warriors terrorized and attacked the Christians. These attacks were due to the imperialism of Western countries and nationalism among the Chinese people. This shows us, as proved in other regions, that nationalistic views are willing to fight against the imperial influence of the west. Also, the Opium Wars led to divided areas of influence in China.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion is an important event in Chinese history. It was significant because it was a chance to end Western rule in China. Today, the Boxer Rebellion helps us understand that the culture of China in this time period was mostly controlled by foreigners and was influenced by extraterritoriality, where foreigners such as the British did not have to follow Chinese laws and would receive special treatment from the British officials if they disobeyed them. During the rebellion we also see the weakened state of China, because the state was easily defeated by foreign powers and forced to sign unfair treaties, such as the Nanjing Treaty. During this time period, imperialism is evident because Britain had a tight grip on the Chinese and the British living in China were able to escape taxes and government rulings. These factors eventually added up and can be argued as the reason for the Boxer Rebellion.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion proves the unbalance and flaws in the society of China. However, it also shows the great level of nationalism present in China. It demonstrates aggression towards foreign powers imperializing China. The Chinese had hatred toward the foreigners which was magnified during the intense drought that the nation had experienced. Since the foreigners did not participate in rituals, they received blame for this negative event. This illustrates how the culture of China is independent and does not appreciate the foreign individuals residing in the area. As a result of the Opium Wars, China has lost a great deal of trust towards foreigners living in the country. After this rebellion, the relations between China and the rest of the world has been changed resulting in loss of trade in China.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion impacted the idea of Chinese culture, Chinese government, and our understanding of both East Asian history and world history. The western idea of Chinese culture was greatly affected by the Boxer Rebellion. The some in the west generalized the Chinese and assumed that all of the Chinese were ignorant and ridiculous in their beliefs. The Boxer Rebellion also disrupted China's government with their killings. The Boxer rebellion also bears resemblance to past events in world history. Social Darwinism is apparent in the relationship with the British and the Chinese as it was various times in world history.
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion is one of the prime examples of rebellions against Western cultural imperialism. The Boxers rebelled against the foreign powers that were exerting greater forces on China but failed. This hostility dates back to the Opium Wars--a conflict between Great Britain and China over the selling of Opium in China. The defeat of the Boxers by the Western powers ensured that they stayed in China and exerted further influence on the country, as seen with the myriad of American companies that have located factories on China's coast. This event contributes to our understanding of the history and culture of East Asia by showing the region's strong hostility against Western forces. Even if the Boxers' attacks were not entirely provoked by the cultural imperialism, Chinese historians certainly made it out to be that way. This event fits into the bigger picture of world history by showing yet another example of the West forcing its culture on the East and, in turn, the East rebelling against these Western ideas and practices.
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ReplyDeleteThe Boxer rebellion is an example of rebellions in east Asia against the western powers that had presence in the area. The Boxers were a group known as the Fists of Righteous Harmony, and they were against the foreigners inside of China. When the Boxers were eventually eliminated as a threat by the foreigners, the Foreign powers made unfair treaties with china that led to western influence in China. The Chinese government refused to take blame for the problems in china that were affecting the boxers and in turn, they blamed the foreigners for these problems. This made the boxers take all of their anger out on the foreigners. The last time that The Western powers were attacked by the Chinese nationals, was during the Opium Wars.
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