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with guangxu just about to hand severignty to japan he is stopped and empress dowager cixi rules in his name
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boxers attack liyuantun villages catholic church converted from a temple to the jade emperor
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Empress Dowager Cixi cancels condemnation of Boxers issues letter of support
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the boxers storm through countrside burning churches killing missionaries and converts
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british minister claude macdonald requests defence force for beijing foreign legations the chinese allow 400 troops from eight nations the capital city
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Boxers cut railroad line at Tianjin isolating Beijing
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pro boxer General Dong Fuxians troops kill Japanese diplomat Sugiyama Akira
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Empress Dowager Cixi declares war against the foreign powers
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Advancing Chinese drive Japanese and Italian troops to precarious last defense line at Prince Su's palace
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Eight-Nations relief force lands on coast, begins march to Beijing
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Qing government declares cease-fire on legations
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Chinese end cease-fire, bombard legations as foreign "rescue" force approaches capital
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Boxers and Chinese Imperial Army besiege legations sheltering 473 foreign civilians 400 foreign soldiers, and approximately 3,000 Chinese Christians
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Qing officials sign Boxer Protocol agree to pay huge war reparations over 40 years