Civil Strife in China from 1900.
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Civil Strife in China from 1900 The civil strife began with the end of Manchu China from 1898, with the 100 Days reforms. These reforms made changes to civil service, education and reorganized China's industrial lines to adapt to the west. These changes were made mainly made to stave off criticism and respond to extension in 1890 of foreign enclaves and China's defeat against the Japanese in 1895. Although the going under of the emperor, he was still trying to show that he had power, but empress Cixi overawed the emperor and dismissed all of his reformist supporters. Cixi then gave support to the Boxers, a group of anti-western societies practiced in martial arts, to massacre the westerners in China. They were ordered to attack international settlements in Beijing, but were unable to gain regional support. The western powers raised an international army and defeated the Boxers. After this incident, the western...

