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

The signing ceremony of the Protocol of 1901. On the left were envoys of the 11 nations while on the right were representatives of the Qing Government, Yi Kuang (front) and Li Hongzhang (rear). The event took place on September 7, 1902, the Year of Xinchou in Chinese lunar calendar.