• Limited Support
• Boxers had backing mostly in the northern provinces.
• Southern provinces, due to their rivalry with the north, didn't back the anti-foreigner movement.

🌍 Real-world example: Imagine if during a school basketball match, half the team refused to pass the ball because of internal disputes. That's the kind of division China was experiencing!

• Self-interested Leaders
  • Instead of backing the central government, many provincial and military leaders chose to side with foreign powers to protect their own interests.
• Lack of Unity
  • The Boxer movement was fragmented.
  • The only binding factor was their shared dislike for foreigners, making them easy prey for the Eight Nation Alliance.
• Weak Leadership
• Even though Boxers shouted 'support the Manchu - attack the foreigner', the Manchu dynasty itself was apprehensive. They had compromised with the West too often.
• Their support for the Boxers wasn't whole-hearted.

🤔 Thought Bubble: It's like cheering for a football team but secretly thinking they won't win. Not very inspiring, right?

• Chinese Gentry's Reluctance
  • They were hesitant to back the Boxers fully as they feared losing their privileges.
• Military Disadvantage
  • Simply put, China’s firepower couldn't match that of the foreign armies.

 The Boxer Protocol 1901

• Reparations
  • China was slapped with a whopping £68 million bill.
  • Distribution: 🇦🇹 1%, 🇺🇸 7%, 🇮🇹 7%, 🇯🇵 8%, 🇬🇧 11%, 🇫🇷 16%, 🇩🇪 20%, and 🇷🇺 29%.

💸 Analogy: It's like breaking someone's expensive vase and then being forced to empty your entire piggy bank, and then some!

• Demilitarization
  • Destruction of Chinese arsenals and fortifications.
• Permanent Foreign Troops
  • Foreign soldiers were always present in and around Beijing.
• Legation Rights
  • Foreign powers could defend their embassies with their own troops.
  • Only foreigners were allowed in these legation areas.
• Punishments
  • Boxer leaders and their supporters faced either execution or deportation.
  • Cixi was labeled a war criminal.
• Effects on the Chinese Gentry
  • Their path to public office, the traditional state examination, was paused for five years.

📘 Did You Know? This is like telling Ivy League aspirants that the SATs won't be held for years. Ouch!

• Monuments
  • China had to build monuments for the foreigners who passed away during the uprising.

🎉 Fun Fact: Remember to always learn from history because, as they say, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it! Happy studying!