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The Qui/ Chin dynasty came to power in 221BC. Qin Shi Huanghi became the first emperor who ruled over a conquered, but united centralized state. He abolished the feudal system and took power away from the nobles. He made peasants pay taxes directly to him, he wanted the same law enforced everywhere. Qin Shi Haunghi made punishment very harsh for disobedience. As time passed, China's power grew weaker because successive emperors failed to bring China into the modern world. European traders became more powerful, during this era, East India Company, through trade, introduced opium from India to China. During the fighting, Russia, France and Japan seized more Chinese territories and possessions. The Dowager Empress manipulated power behind the emperors throne for nearly 60 years. The Boxer Uprising of 1899-1900 was a turning point in China's history. Beginning in 1899, the Boxer Rebellion was an uprising in China against foreign influence in religion, politics, and trade. In the fighting, the Boxers killed thousands of Chinese Christians and attempted to storm the foreign embassies in Beijing. Following a 55-day siege, the embassies were relieved by 20,000 Japanese, American, and European troops. In the wake of the rebellion, several punitive expeditions were launched and the Chinese government was forced to sign the "Boxer Protocol" which called for the rebellion's leaders to be executed and the payment of financial reparations to the injured nations. Boxer Uprising was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian movement by the Righteous Fists of Harmony. The Qing dynasty tried to expel western influence from China. Under the slogan Revive the Qing, destroy the foreign. Boxers across North China attacked mission compounds, killed missionaries and Chinese Christians. The Boxers, were a religious society that had originally rebelled against the imperial government in Shantung in 1898. In reality the Boxer rebellion could hardly be classified as either a rebellion or a war against the Europeans. China was largely under the control of regional Governors General, these regional officials ignored the Empress Dowager's instructions and put forth every effort to prevent disorder or any harm coming from foreigners. >
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