The Boxer Uprising and the Late Qing Reforms

The Boxer UprisingThe view from Beijing

The Boxer UprisingLocal experiences

This church was attacked during the Boxer Uprising. The pamphlet shows God protecting it.

• Dependence of farming communities on the weather

• Belief in the power of the supernatural

• Popular anti-foreign feeling

• Vacillation by the Qing court

• Military weakness of the Qing state

The Late Qing Reforms

• Modern army– Western-style weapons and drills

• Education– New textbooks

• Commerce– Chambers of commerce, Commercial Law

• Civil government– National, provincial and county assemblies