boxer rebellion

Let's say the kid was about 20-25% more savvy and knew she'd be trouble. Assuming the medium to best possible outcomes, what would the "Chinese Meiji Period" look like?

When the army of the Eight Nations Alliance captured Peking in 1900, Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu disguised themselves as peasants and fled to Xi'an. A random thought occurred to me -- what if Cixi had killed herself like the Chongzhen Emperor of Ming when the city fell? (European soldiers...

What if Adm. Edward Seymour and his regiment of 2,100 men reached Peking? In this ATL, Seymour decides that waiting for the repairs of the railway would take too long and the legations might be overrrun by the time the expedition reach towards the Chinese capital. Instead, he decides to have his...

I was somewhat unsure on whether to put this on pre-1900 or post-1900 forum, but since the rebellion only started in the tail end of 1899 and the actual escalation into a crisis only began on 1900 I figured I should place it here. Even if the PoD would probably end up on the 19th century. Or...

The only PODs discussed before were the Legislation Quarter falling, Hoover being killed in Tianjin and the rebellion succeeding. Lasting over one year and involving various parties, it is quite possible that a small POD in the movement could have completely changed the course of modern Chinese...

What if Yuan Shikai overthrew the Qing Dynasty in a Coup détat around during or after the Boxer Rebellion, and declare himself Emperor. How would Foreign Powers react to this Coup? Would Yuan Shiaki modernize his new Empire of China like Japan Would he create a constitutional monarchy?

So how many possible nations can get in on the Boxer rebellion and get Chinese concessions? From Brazil to Ethiopia, from the Ottomans to Siam, your goal is to come up with the absolute MAXIMUM of members in the 8 nation alliance.