<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Standard Mandarin </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hanyu Pinyin </Th> <Td> Yìhétuán Yùndòng </Td> </Tr> <P> The Boxer Rebellion (拳 亂), Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (義和團 運動) was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty . </P> <P> It was initiated by the Militia United in Righteousness (Yihetuan), known in English as the "Boxers", for many of their members had been practitioners of Chinese martial arts, also referred to in the west as "Chinese Boxing". They were motivated by proto - nationalist sentiments and by opposition to Western colonialism and the Christian missionary activity that was associated with it . </P>

In which country did the boxer rebellion against european colonization take place