When the Boxer Uprising first broke out in Shandong Province in 1899, the Ching Government immediately sent troops to put down the rebellion. But when the Boxers upheld the slogan of "supporting the Ching and exterminating the foreigners," the Ching Government reversed its attitude from suppression to pacification. However, as the foreign powers took an increasingly intransigent attitude toward the Boxers, the Ching Government under the pressured could not decide which to support, the Aliance or it's own people. In 1900, when a group of armed legation guards entered the legation quarters in Beijing and the eight powers formed allied forces, the Ching Government stopped attacking the Boxers and united with them against the foreigners.

They started attacking most anything foreign, killing Chinese Christians, westerners, western style buildings and burning western missionary facilities. They converged on Peking (now Beijing), the Capital, in June 1900. The Imperial Government ordered the foreigners out on the 18th June. The German Minister set out to meet with the Government but was murdered by his escort. There followed a 55 day siege of the foreign concessions in Peking by both Boxers & Imperial troops. This action provoked an allied relief expedition by the offended nations.

The Christian Allies though imported more Guns & Cannons and eventually crushed their Chinese opposition and occupied north China. Under the Protocol of 1901, the Chinese had to agree to the execution of high ranking officials and the punishment of hundreds of others, expansion of the Legation Quarter, payment of war reparations, stationing of foreign troops in China, and razing of some Chinese fortifications.

In 1901, China was forced to accept the terms drawn up by the foreign powers for negotiations. On September 7, a Protocol was formally signed, which is historically known as the Protocol of 1901. This Protocol tramped on China's sovereignty and human rights into non-existence.
The Boxers thought themselves immune to the Westerners bullets. They believed that at the crucial time ancestral warriors will raise up and support them.



Japanese preferred to behead their prisoners.

This was the final death of the Chinese resistance and lead to another exodus of Chinese from China (it was also the beginning of the end for the Ching Dynasty). Some Triad members escaped to other countries, including the US, Korea, etc. Without a focus some/many triad members went into a new line of business (and their descendants still are in this line of work ). This caused another influx of Chinese martial arts into the Orient, the US and now also the new continent of Australia.