The Pros And Cons Of The Boxer Rebellion

One of the biggest fears the United States has is that China will try to conquer one of our allies in the

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that other countries are making a lot of money off of Chinese products. In this document, He

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Every year my school, Veterans Memorial Early College High School, takes part in National History Day. National History Day is an annual event where students have the opportunity to showcase an important event that has happened in history relating to the theme given. This year’s theme is Taking a Stand in History. When I first started this project, my only intentions were to gain extra points in my World History AP class. However when I chose my topic, "The Boxer Rebellion", I quickly became engrossed in my research. It became so much more than extra points after I truly understood what I was representing . I won the Veterans Memorial History Fair and went on to the Brownsville Independent School District History Fair and placed 1st in the

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Another one of the most important causes of the whole rebellion, was the anti-Christian mindset that the Boxers had. This was closely tied with the anti-foreign feeling present amongst the Chinese people. Western missionaries were a major contribution to the anti-Christian feeling as they challenged many of China’s traditions and pressured villages into building churches, this rivalled China’s original religious and spiritual beliefs. After the second opium war had ended, western missionaries were granted the right to travel freely within China, and Chinese people could practise Christianity without a penalty. As a result, there was a lot of Western influence pressuring officials. Originally, Shandong was quite open to Christian influence, however due to the German incident, Germans were granted the right to build churches as repayment. Hatred for the Christians accumulated over the years, especially after Germans were given authority over Shandong. In other states as well, foreign missionaries erected churches on sites that held religious and spiritual value, this triggered the Chinese to fight back. Incidences of local courts giving temples to the Roman Catholic authorities to use as churches also led the Boxers to fight back. Anti-Christian feelings cumulated over the years, leading to the sudden uprising caused by the tense relationship between the east and the west, and as stated by

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The third method that Paul A. Cohen uses is that of describing the Boxer Rebellion as a myth. Myths, or mythologization, is essentially the manner in which later groups and people would use the Boxer Rebellion to suit their own ideals or social movements. Chen Duxia, future head of the Chinese Communist Party, provided a scathing critique of the Boxers, especially regarding the 5 causes of their rise in power. Given the continuing prevalence of these 5 causes, primarily religious beliefs, Chen warning of the possibility of a reemergence of the Boxers. If this were to reoccur, not only would China need to contend with the shames of the past but, shames in the future (Cohen, pg.228-229). The myth of the Boxer Rebellion was also primarily

I believe that during the Civil War, the biggest advantage was the Confederates reason for fighting. In the article, “Confederate States Had Many Advantages Civil War Outset,” it talks about the advantages the Confederates had over the Union. The article states, “Southern soldiers derived an immense and often lauded fighting spirit from their devotion to preserving the Southern way of life. This also meant that Southern whites felt a greater sense of unity than the Northern population, which was divided on issues of slavery, politics, and regional disagreement.” This means that the South were intrinsically motivated to beat the Union and really felt a sense of togetherness and family while the North didn’t even know it was fighting for and what their beliefs were.

The author discusses the five major threats to China’s social stability what are your thoughts on these threats, and how do you think China is dealing with these

The events that have taken place over the past couple of centuries, and more so the past decade, have monumentally impacted the relationship between the United States and China for better and for worse. Today, China and the U.S. have evolved into two of the most elite superpowers in the world, and they classify as some of the most prominent leaders in economics, military, technology, and universal innovation. Currently, the United States is just weeks away from electing their next president, cyber-attacks are being investigated exponentially, and the South China Sea Debate continues to be disputed. The outcomes of all these events will undoubtedly affect the relationship between China and the United States for the next 10 years.

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has become more integrated and willing to cooperate within the global political and economic systems than ever in its history. However, there is growing apprehension in the Asia-Pacific region and the U.S. in regards to the consequences of rising in economic and military power in China. Descriptions about Chinese diplomacy in the policy and scholarly are less positive lately concerning China’s obedience to regional and international rules. There was little debate in the U.S. and elsewhere in regards to whether China was or was not part “the international community.” Scholars and experts in the early 1990s have contended