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In 1900, the Boxer movement spread to the Beijing area, where the Boxers killed Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries and destroyed churches and railroad stations and other property. On June 20, 1900, the Boxers began a siege of Beijings foreign legation district (where the official quarters of foreign diplomats were located.) The following day, Qing Empress Dowager Tzuu Hzi (or Cixi, 1835-1908) declared a war on all foreign nations with diplomatic ties in China.
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