Analyze the factors leading to 1 anti-foreign movement in China in the late Qing and how did this affect China.

...ts. Second, there was misbehaviors of Chinese converts. Third, the Chinese people though taht the Foreign-financed railways destroyed "Fengshui" and leading to natural disasters. Forth, the foreign goods were very cheap and they damaged the local handicraft industry. After the failure of the Hundred Days' Reform, 1898, anti-foreign forces were again in full control of the government. Conservative officials saw a chance to turn unrest, caused by bad harvests and floods, into an Anti-foreign rising. The movement was Boxer Rising. This was a movement that was anti foreigners. The Boxers were supported by the government. They attacked Foreigners, destroyed the establishments and declared war on the foreign powers. After about 200 missionaries and other foreigners had been killed, foreign troops defeated the Boxers in august 1900 and occupied Beijing. This led some influences to China. In 1901, the Boxer Protocol was signed between China and the foreign powers. It was very harsh and after the rising, even Cixi, realized the need for reform, and a new reform programme...

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