Back Punys Rectes i Harmoniosos Catalan Εταιρεία Δικαίου και Αρμονίας Greek Sociedad de la justicia y la concordia Spanish Poings de la justice et de la concorde French Gerakan Boxer ID Società di giustizia e concordia Italian 義和団 Japanese 의화단 Korean Bokserne NB Punhos Harmoniosos e Justiceiros Portuguese
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| Boxers | |
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| 義和拳 | |
 A Boxer war flag, inspired by the Black Flag Army | |
| Also known as |
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| Commander | Cao Futian |
| Commander | Zhang Decheng |
| Dates of operation | 1890s–September 1901 |
| Country |  China |
| Ideology | |
| Slogan | "Kill the foreigners! Slaughter the followers of the foreign devils!"[1] "Uphold the Qing, destroy foreigners!" |
| Size | 50,000–100,000 |
| Battles and wars | Boxer Rebellion |
The Boxers, officially known as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (traditional Chinese: 義和拳; simplified Chinese: 义和拳; pinyin: Yìhéquán; Wade–Giles: I4-ho2-ch'üan2) among other names, were a Chinese secret society based in Northern China that carried out the Boxer Rebellion from 1899 to 1901.
The movement was made up of independent local village groups, many of which kept their membership secret, making the total number of participants difficult to estimate, but it may have included as many as 100,000. They originally attacked the Qing government, but soon called upon it to resist foreign influence.
In the summer of 1900, groups of Boxer fighters destroyed foreign owned property, such as railroads and telegraphs, and murdered Christian missionaries and Chinese Christians. They then supported the Empress Dowager in resisting the resulting foreign invasion, which all but destroyed the group and ended the Rebellion, though some members continued in other groups across China.
- ^ Foord, John (25 March 1900), "The Meaning of the Unrest in China", The New York Times, p. 23, retrieved 3 May 2024