boxer rebellion posted on Sunday, September 25, 2005
An obscure, ill-organised sect that claimed to possess supernatural powers, it drew its members mainly from the poor and dispossessed of northern China. The foreigners called them "boxers" because of the ritualistic martial arts they practiced
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An obscure, ill-organised sect that claimed to possess supernatural powers, it drew its members mainly from the poor and dispossessed of northern China. The foreigners called them "boxers" because of the ritualistic martial arts they practiced
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