The boxer rebellion is the best but least understood aspect of Chinese history during 1898-1900. There are many significant actions of the boxers that impacted on the Qing dynasty in china, these included killing foreigners, attacking random Chinese Christians and murdering the German and Japanese ambassador.
Firstly the empress of china ci xi who had taken power over the boxers had supported them in killing foreigners. Ci Xi was afraid that foreigners are beginning to grip control over china.
The boxers were recruited by the Qing dynasty meaning the boxers loss is also a loss for the qing dynasty. The