Show Transcript: November 18 Nov 18, 2009
Was it the: A) Cultural Revolution, B) Boxer Rebellion, C) Velvet Revolution or D) Industrial Revolution. You've got three seconds -- GO. (CNN -- US)
Time to RSVP NYE Nov 13, 2009
The line-up includes English alt rockers the Boxer Rebellion, US art-rock group Ponytail, Brisbane indie act the Grates and Sydney hip-hop reggae crew Astronomy Class ... The line-up includes English alt rockers the Boxer Rebellion, US art-rock group Ponytail, Brisbane indie act the Grates and Sydney hip-hop reggae crew Astronomy Class. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Wu explains Kadeer 'ban' Oct 2, 2009
Chen compared those who pushed the screening to members of the Boxer Rebellion, an anti-imperialist uprising in China at the turn of the 20th century. We should all work together to make the Chinese a proud people, Chen said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
What Underwear Says About the Economy Sep 1, 2009
It could have been worse, perhaps a repeat of the Boxer Rebellion. (OK, enough underwear jokes. (CBS News -- US)
This day in history Aug 14, 2009
In 1900, international forces, including US Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion. In 1908, a race riot erupted in Springfield, Ill. (Boston Globe)
Political Grapevine Jul 24, 2009
Is Obama Being Honest About Budget. - Special Report w/ Bret Baier - FOXNews. (Fox News)
9,500 marijuana plants seized in Kittitas County Jul 24, 2009
Cowlitz1 wrote on Jul 23, 2009 12:01 PM:" justshortoflokul: What an astounding summary of colonial rule in China "the society had no moral fortitude". Right, that's probably why the Boxer Rebellion occurred and the British promptly squashed it in order to continue opium shipments to China. The fact is that humans have pursued intoxication for millenia and the future will be no different. Marijuana is an extremely low impact means of achieving that end and a possible revenue generator for many... (Longview Daily News, WA)
* The Bike God of Asia Jul 18, 2009
I call the years from 1980 to 1984 the Boxer Rebellion (qM) period, the 37-year-old said. We jumped, fell over, broke our arms. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Central Asia Jul 5, 2009
For a meaningful historical comparison, there are the Boxer Rebellion and the Bolshevik Revolution. Like the Bolsheviks, the Taliban hate democracy and capitalism and seek Utopia, while the West's quashing of the Boxers showed that international coordination can be effective. (Asia Times Online)
The Elgin marbles: Snatched from northern climes Jun 26, 2009
Many other collections have a more dubious provenance than the marbles think of the British Museum s Benin bronzes, seized in a punitive raid in Nigeria; of the Pergamon altar removed from Turkey and now in Berlin; of Chinese treasures carried off during the Boxer rebellion and again during the civil war; of hundreds of works in Russian museums that were snatched from their owners in the Bolshevik revolution. You cannot go very far in righting those wrongs without entangling the world s museums... (The Economist)
The Taliban as Bolsheviks May 28, 2009
Pretty much independent from external support and placed in absolute isolation, the Taliban could be well compared with two phenomena from the beginning of the last century - the Boxer Rebellion and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917. The Boxer Rebellion, or Boxer Uprising or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in Chinese, was a violent anti-foreign, anti-Christian movement by the "Righteous Fists of Harmony or Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists in China (known as "Boxers" in... (Asia Times Online)
* When self-help trumps invasion May 3, 2009
Projecting power from the sea would stir up bad memories of the Opium Wars, the Boxer Rebellion and other painful episodes from Chinas century of humiliation at the hands of Western naval powers. This would be especially true should the pirates skillfully portray US forces as abusive toward ordinary Somalis. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
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He fought in the Filipino insurrection and the Boxer Rebellion. Bored with garrison duty, he left the Army in 1907 and spent five years with Pancho Villa and other northern Mexico armies. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
A history of rebellion Feb 21, 2009
Boxer Rebellion, 1900. An anti-foreign uprising in China by members of a secret society, it began in June of 1900. (Globe and Mail)
Career options Feb 13, 2009
His father also served in the same regiment and a large portrait of him adorns the regiment's ornate mess, which also has regalia from the various campaigns the unit has fought through the years - the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and the Anglo-Afghan campaigns of the 19th Century. But increasingly, you also find people like Maj Amar Kwatra. (BBC News -- South Asia)
