China’s Qing dynasty began in a blaze of glory. Founded by the Manchus in 1636, at its peak it ruled over one-third of humanity. Two centuries later, the dynasty was beset by civil unrest ...

Deng was referring to the Boxer Crisis, which began in 1899 with members of a rural religious sect attacking Chinese Catholics and Protestants; peaked with a mid-1900 siege of Beijing’s legations ...

A TOURIST destination dedicated to the Boxer fanatics who butchered hundreds of Europeans, including women and children, a century ago is being built in north-east China. Officials in Wei county ...

Meanwhile, within the dynasty, several high-level Qing administrators attempted reforms to root out corruption and entice the ruling family to be more responsive to the people's desires. The Boxer ...

The early 20th-century photograph of Empress Dowager Cixi captures political spin, Qing dynasty-style. ... To blunt the Boxers’ threat to the dynasty, Cixi sided with them against the Westerners.

John Delury:. By the turn of the last century, the Qing Dynasty was like a once great and fierce prize bull that was gushing blood from every limb, having been lanced, stabbed and barbed since the ...