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The boxer rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China. Several countries sent troops to halt the attack. -
The Qing dynasty fell in 1911, overthrown by a revolution brewing since 1894 when western educated revolutionary Sun Zhongshan formed the Revive China society in Hawaii, then Hong Kong. -
A republic was formally established on 1 January 1912 following the Xinhai Revolution, which itself began with the Wuchang uprising on 10 October 1911, successfully overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and ending over two thousand years of imperial rule in China. -
In its broader sense, the May Fourth Movement led to the establishment of radical intellectuals who sent on to mobilize peasants and workers into the communist party and gain the organizational strength that would solidify of the communist revolution. -
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