The+Boxer+Rebellion

===In this picture the Chinese are to the left while the British and Japanese portion of the expedition force are on the right.===
 * By 1900, China, ehich had been slowly weakening and losing control of its coastline to foreign countries was trying had mostly failed. Almost every imperialist in Europe (Britain, France, Germany) and Japan had a footlold in the mainland and China could do nothing about it.
 * At this time a group of martial-artist called the Boxers (named by the British) gathered and began openly revolting in the occupied parts of China, they went as far as surrounding the diplomatic section of beijing and harrasing it day and night.
 * These rebels asked for help from the remanants of the former Imperial government in Beijing, and they complied
 * Hoewever when the Europeans and the Japanese sent in their armies the Imperial/Boxer forces couldn't hold up and was defeated
 * The US also sent its army in because it was promised that if done so the other nations would support the US's Open Door Policy for China. The basics of that plan was that every nation respected the lands of all the other nations involved and promised the Imperial government that the citizens already there would be treated fairly. So in the end the US kept its trade system up in China and so did every other nation, however China was fined and the government weakened to collapse within two decades of this incident.