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Timewatch

2008-2009

The Boxer Rebellion

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC One West Midlands

Timewatch exclusively reveals the dramatic true story behind the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, when Imperial troops and Chinese rebels laid siege to the diplomatic quarter in Beijing. Told through Chinese sources and the diaries and memoirs of the outnumbered European defenders, the siege helped to bring down the imperial monarchy, precipitating a century of destruction, revolution and ultimate renewal. Show less

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