The Boxer Rebellion was a violent Chinese uprising against foreigners that is best known for the 55-day siege of the foreign legations in Peking in 1900. Mike describes the origins and early stages of the rebellion in this excerpt from Episode 204 ("The Harmonious") of the United States of Amnesia podcast series "Tea, Drugs, and Jesus," which explores how the United States always has misunderstood China.
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This video includes:
* Wikimedia Commons photo by Peter d'Aprix of a mixed-media wax sculpture of a Chinese Boxer at the George S. Stuart Gallery of Historical Figures® produced by George S. Stuart.
* Photo of Boxer archer: Attribution: Bundesarchiv, Bild 116-214-16 / CC-BY-SA 3.0. License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en.
* Photo of Chinese prisoners: Attribution: ralph repo. License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
