Boxer Rebelliion

After the defeat of the Qing govt. by the British after Chinese opposition to the sale of opium by British profiteers in China and the eventual ceding of Hong Kong to the English as partial retribution there was much opposition to westerners for years in China. The Boxer movement was started and when they grew in power and threatened European interests in China around 1900 forces were called in the stop the uprising and threat to colonialists in China. The Boxers specialized in martial arts and some of them even believed that they were so powerful that they could overpower enemies with guns and outmaneuver bullets. Of course they were wrong and many committed suicide after their defeat.