The Boxer Rebellion does not deserve a bad reputation. First, when the Christian missionaries arrived at Shandong, a drought was happening. The Boxers thought that the churches poked so high that it angered the Gods. So, they destroyed churches and tried to get the foreigners out. This was only an act of self-protection and religious thoughts. The Boxers did nothing wrong.

Second, the canal is an open sewer, and foreigners are sneaking in without permission. After they’ve rescued the prisoners, they started slaughtering in Beijing, killing those who they thought were Boxers. The Boxers has only trapped the foreigners for their own countries’ faults. The foreigners are sneaking in to save people who are rightful prisoners of the Chinese government and the Boxers. (As the real troublemakers cannot be caught, so they were substitutes.) The foreigners robbed and slaughtered many people that were not Boxers, causing many innocent deaths.

In general, the Boxers were only protecting themselves and giving rightful punishments to the foreigners. They shouldn’t have a bad reputation just because of this.