The Eight-power Allied Forces Through Foreigners' Camera

China Before the Invasion of the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The Entering of
Envoys and Legation Guards into Beijing

First Setbacks of
the Allied Forces
and the Capture of Tianjin

The Capture of
Beijing by the
Eight-Power Allied Forces

The War Before Negotiations and the Signing of the
Protocol of 1901

China Under the Protocol of 1901

It was common among some foreign powers to want to carve up China. A British newspaper even published the "Articles of the Peace Council for Carving up China," claiming that "all nations should be able to conduct commercial activities in China, as all Chinese land is under the jurisdiction of the nations."