China
The Boxer Rebellion breaks out
Fed up with foreign imperialism, many patrotic Chinese joined in rioting and rebellion. Allied troops were sent in to end the unrest.
Related: Cultural Revoltion | Great Leap Forward | Hundred Flowers Campaigne | Sino-Soviet Split | Sputnik | Chinese Revoltion | Long March | Chiang Kai-Shek leader of Kuomintang | Kuomintang Rebellion

France
The 1900 Olympic Summer Games
Riddled with controversial subjects such as participation on Sundays and the American "sauvages", the second modern Olympic games, held in Paris, was dominated by American athletes.

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