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Why were Christian missionaries a primary target of the Boxer Rebellion? (1 point)
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Christian missionaries were not targets of the Boxers, rather they were vocal supporters of the rebellion.
Christian missionaries were supported by the Qing government, and the Boxers resented the ethnic suppression of the Han.
Christian missionaries were intervening in local matters and changing traditional Chinese cultural values.
Christian missionaries were attacking Buddhists and stealing their lands to create churches.
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Christian missionaries were intervening in local matters and changing traditional Chinese cultural values.
They were seen as agents of foreign influence who undermined Confucian/ancestral practices (and often enjoyed extraterritorial protection and support from foreign powers), so Boxers targeted them and their Chinese converts as threats to social order and tradition.
They were seen as agents of foreign influence who undermined Confucian/ancestral practices (and often enjoyed extraterritorial protection and support from foreign powers), so Boxers targeted them and their Chinese converts as threats to social order and tradition.
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