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Boxer Rebellion theater  

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  • The Boxer Rebellion was an Anti–imperialist and Anti–Christian movement in China's northern provinces in the period 1899–1901. Mainly from the lower social classes, the Boxer groups rose up against the Western powers' invasions that had begun with Britain's Opium War (1839–1842). [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media; Boxer Rebellion Theater]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-S6RBHQCX-R

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