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Women In The Boxer Rebellion

The role of women in the Boxer Rebellion in Nineteenth Century China has been overlooked

In 19th Century Peking, militants laid seige to foreign diplomats and Christian converts in the Boxer Rebellion. But what was the effect of this on the women involved, whose roles are not well documented?

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28 minutes

主播大秀 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project