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A well turned out foot soldier in the Boxer Movement. |
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| Society of the Righteous Fist, Harmonious Fists, Order of Literary Patriots…all names of gangs which formed a popular movement to oppose the Imperial government and the growing influence of the European powers. The Europeans called them the “Boxers” because they practiced a form of martial arts and believed themselves invincible. | |||||||||||||
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Contemporaries in Portraits of Historical Figures of Qing China |
Other Conspirators and Revolutionaries |
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