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==The uprising==
[[Image:Boxer1900.jpg|thumb|left|upright|200px|AUn Boxeremsavad rebelbokser. HisLenn bannera saysreer (inwar translation)e vanniel "ByWar urzh Imperialan Order—Boxerimpalaerezh—Boxer Supply Commissariat".]]
[[Image:Boxerspamphlet.png|thumb|right|200px|AUr pamphlet promotingda thereiñ Boxersbrud circad'ar Vokserien war-dro 1899.]]
[[Image:BoxersDrawingByKoekkoek1900.jpg|thumb|right|200px|BoxersBokserien, drawntreset bygant [[Johannes Hermanus Barend Koekkoek|Johannes Koekkoek]] circawar-dro 1900.]]
[[Image:Italian mounted infantry in China 1900 HD-SN-99-01989.jpg|thumb|right|200px|ItalianTroadeien mounteditalian infantrywar-varc'h ine ChinaSina.]]
The Imperial court's [[Self-Strengthening Movement]]. Unan eus ar c'hentañ sin reuz a oa gwelet en ur gêr vihan e proviñs Shandong, ma oa bet un tabut hir diwar-benn gwirioù perc'henniezh un templ etre tud ar vro ha pennoù an [[Iliz katolik roman]]. Lavaret a re ar Gatoliked e oa bet an templ da gentañ un iliz dilezet e-pad degadoù goude ma oa bet difennet al lezenn a gristeniezh e Sina gant an impalaer [[Kangxi]]. A-du gant an Iliz ez eas lez-varn ar vro, ha sevel a reas droug e tud ar geriadenn a c'houlenne an templ evit o lidoù. Ur wezh roet an templ d'ar Gatoliked gant pennoù ar vro e oa taget gant ar gouerien renet gant ar Vokserien.
The Imperial court's [[Self-Strengthening Movement]]. One of the first signs of unrest appeared in a small village in Shandong province, where there had been a long dispute over the property rights of a temple between locals and the [[Roman Catholic]] authorities. The Catholics claimed that the temple was originally a church abandoned for decades after the [[Kangxi Emperor]] banned [[Christianity]] in China. The local court ruled in favor of the church, and angered villagers who claimed the temple for rituals. After the local authorities turned over the temple to the Catholics, the villagers (led by the Boxers) attacked the church building.
Lod eus Sinaiz a oa fuloret gant ar fed ma ne The exemption from many Chinese laws of missionaries further alienated some Chinese. [[Marshall Broomhall]] pointed to the policy pursued by Catholic missionaries. InE 1899, withgant theskoazell helpur of the Frenchministr Ministergall ine PekingBeijing, theye obtainedoa anroet edictdezhe fromur theskrid-embann Chinesedigant Gouarnamant GovernmentSina granting official rank to each order in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. The Catholics, by means of this official status, were able to more powerfully support their people and oppose [[Mandarin (bureaucrat)|Mandarins]].<ref>Broomhall (1901), 7.</ref>
TheKlotañ earlya monthsra ofkentañ themizioù movement'skresk growthan coincidedemsavadeg withgant thear [[Hundred100 Days'devezh Reformadreizhañ]] (11 June–21a Septemberviz Even –21 a viz Gwengolo 1898), duringma whichklaskas theimpalaer Sina, [[Guangxu Emperor of China]], soughtgwellaat toar improve themelestradurezh central administrationkreiz, though the process was reversed by several court reactionaries. AfterGoude thema Boxersoa werediouennet mauledar byVokserien loyalgant Imperialsoudarded troopsleal ineus Octoberan impalaer e miz Here 1898, theye droppedtilezjont theiro antiluganioù a-governmentenep ar gouarnamant slogansha and turned their attention to foreign [[missionaries]] (such as those of the [[China Inland Mission]]) and their converts, whom they saw as agents of foreign imperialist influence.
:Veteran missionary [[Griffith John]] noted afterward:
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