The label of the late Qing Dynasty in Chinese history was incompetence and cowardice, because the top-down corruption and inaction of the Qing government led to the loss of territorial integrity in China, and even the doors of the country that opened to the world were forced to open under the cooperation of strong ships and cannons, which was a great shame for the Chinese people. A series of unequal treaties that have lost power and humiliated the country have been forever engraved in China's history, and even the hat of the sick man of East Asia that has been hung on the door of the head has been unveiled by the later sons and daughters of China.
Seeing that their motherland had been invaded by other countries, many radical resistance organizations appeared in society, and their goal of struggle was to drive these invaders out of China's territory, and the Boxers were the representatives of the civilian rebels at that time. The Boxer Rebellion rose vigorously throughout the country, many patriotic non-governmental figures called for it accordingly, began to join this organization, the Qing government watched the boxers' power continue to grow, and happened to have been deeply troubled by the coercion of foreigners, so the idea of using the power of the Boxers to deal with foreigners came up. At that time, the Qing government misestimated the strength of the Boxers, looked at their propaganda position, really believed that the Boxers were indestructible, and thought that they could use the strength of the Boxers to fight against the great powers, so the Qing government announced its support for the Boxer Rebellion and joined them in declaring war on the foreigners.
The behavior of the Qing government caused an uproar in the great powers, those soldiers of the great powers stationed in China seemed to have encountered provocations, and began to unite to launch attacks on the Qing government, not to mention the problem of troop strength, there was a serious gap in weapons, the Boxers as a non-governmental organization, most of the members did not have professional training, how can they compete with the soldiers of the great powers. By the time the eight countries united and marched toward the capital, the Qing government was visibly panicked. The coalition forces fought all the way from Tianjin to Beijing, and the Qing soldiers were powerless to stop them, and in a hurry, in order to save their lives, Empress Dowager Cixi fled with the Guangxu Emperor overnight.
The Qing Dynasty overseers in charge of the town guard watched as every inch of their land was trampled on, but they were powerless and chose to commit suicide to make reparations to their country and people. After taking Beijing, the next task of the great powers was to take all of China, and the leaders of the eight countries in China had begun to divide these areas into how to distribute them reasonably, but something happened that made them stop the pace of their aggression and planned to withdraw their guns in the capital.
In order to calculate the odds of winning if they really fought, the great powers conducted a strict physical examination of men entering and leaving Beijing, and the standard of physical examination was the enlistment criteria of the German army, and the strength of the German army in the world at that time was certainly beyond doubt. At this time, the great powers were surprised to find that Chinese was not at all as weak as they thought, and the Chinese men were very strong, and 85 out of every 100 people could meet the standards of German soldiers. Once the fight starts and provokes more Chinese, then they will stab the big Louzi, so the aggressive plan stops in time and chooses to accept it when it is good.