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The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
David J. Silbey reveals the Boxer Rebellion as a high-stakes clash in the imperial Great Game, where peasants with martial arts skills challenged global powers scrambling for control of China. This wasn’t just a local uprising—it was a brutal, tangled conflict involving uneasy alliances and fierce political rivalries. The story is as complicated as it is gripping.
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