Does Boxers deserve a bad reputation?
Boxers do not deserve a bad reputation. The initial motivation of Boxers war to defend their own country, China, although the methods they used might have been unsuitable.
After the Treaty of Nanking, foreigners entered China freely with right of not following the Chinese Law. They brought both opium and their own religion, Christian, into China, which corroded Chinese on both fitness and ideas in mind. They changed the traditional culture in China. People joined the Christian and rubbed the village. Facing this position, farmers were organized spontaneously by learning and practicing martial art. They were called Boxers. They gathered together to protect their own land not being invaded by other cultures. People who joined the Christian were not actually accepting the new culture, but to have the church protect them so that they can make recklessly attack to those innocent people without being blamed. Boxers, however, were people who can’t stand the situation anymore, who stand out to say no. The whole motion was patriotically. So, Boxers do not deserve bad reputation for their resist towards dark environment.
Boxers cut down all telegraph line in Beijing to isolate; however, people in Hong Kong and Tianjin wondered and sent 2000 foreigner soldiers to check up. After they got in, they found that Beijing was controlled by Boxers and the railway back was blocked. They have to hide in the North Church for 55 days until Eight-Nation Alliance came rescue. It was a good way to protect information by cutting off the telegraph line so that they cut off all communication with other countries. For uneducated farmers, it was hard to find out ways difficult enough to compete with advanced foreigners. Beside the corruption of Chinese government, foreigners defeated the Boxers easily by technology. In a result, Boxers did so many unforgiveable actions, but still, there was no doubt for their aim — to fight for themselves.