Boxer Rebellion
A Chinese song From the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 sums up the Middle Kingdom's attitude to Europeans, Americans and the Japanese.
It will not be difficult to exterminate the foreign devils
then.
Push aside the railway track.
Pull out the telegraph poles ;
immediately after this destroy the steamers.
The Boxer Rebellion was a disaster for China with more foreign involvement in the country. Most of the warring took place in Peking and thus far from the Yangtze River.
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