Boxer Protocol
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The Treaty of 1901, known as the Xinchou Treaty (辛丑条约) in China, and more commonly known as Boxer Protocol or Peace Agreement between the Great Powers and China, was a peace treaty signed on September 7, 1901 between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance: the United Kingdom, the USA, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands after China's defeat in the Boxer Rebellion by the Eight Power Expeditionary Force. The full name of the protocol is: "Austria-Hungary,Belgium,France,Germany,Great Britain,Italy,Japan,Netherland,Russia,Spain,United States and China —Final Protocol for the Settlement of the Disturbances of 1900", reflecting its nature as a diplomatic protocol rather than a peace treaty at the time of signature.
China later regarded this as one of a series of "Unequal Treaties" which it signed since the First Opium War.
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Chinese signatories
It was signed by Chinese representatives, Yikuang, the Prince Qing and Li Hongzhang.
Foreign signatories
- Sir Ernest Satow for Great Britain
- Komura Jutaro for Japan
