'The Boxer Years'

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 102 MS 380590/01
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [1930s]
  • Physical Description
    • 18 pp.

Scope and Content

Photocopy of typescript labelled 'The Boxer Years', which is an account of the flight of Samuel Evans Meech and his family from Siaochang/Chi Chow along with other missionaries to escape the 'Boxer Rebels'. The work gives a good idea of the co-operation between missionaries, and of the hardships they faced. Includes account short time spent in Japan and Canada. The tss. covers the period 1899 to 1900.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (1898-1900) (also known as the Righteous Harmony Society Movement) was a movement against Western influence in China. A secret anti-foreign society, the Boxers (Ch'uan), undertook attacks on foreigners from 1899. In 1900 the Boxers occupied Peking (Beijing). The siege was lifted later that year by an international force which ended the Uprising. [Source: Wikipedia]

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