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Article: Baptism of Fire: China's Christians and the Boxer Uprising of 1900.
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
- Author:
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As preparations are made to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Boxer Uprising, this "midsummer madness" of 1900 remains a well-known but poorly understood episode in modern Chinese history. Most readers will be familiar with the fifty-five-day siege of the foreign legations in Beijing, for that story was covered by sensational accounts in the Western press at the time and has since been retold in popular books and motion pictures. [1]
While the heroic defense of the diplomatic quarter and its subsequent relief by an eight-nation allied force makes for fascinating reading, it is not the full story. The tragic and extremely bloody event, usually described ...