1900 Spring, the Boxer Rebellion became the fuse of Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China. Eight-Nation Alliance used this as an excuse to carve up and plunder the Qing Empire in the name of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion. On August 4th, 1900, Beijing was completely occupied. Eight-Nation Alliance divided Beijing into different occupied areas, with the north of Dongsi occupied by Japanese troops, the east of Dongsi South Street occupied by Russian troops and the west occupied by Italian troops? .
The northeast of the imperial city was occupied by the Germans, the east of the imperial city was occupied by the Japanese, the southeast of the imperial city was occupied by the British, and the west of Chongnei Street and the south of East Chang 'an Avenue were occupied by the Germans. The west city was occupied by American, French, British and Italian troops, and the outer city was occupied by British, American and German troops and was under military rule.
Wherever Eight-Nation Alliance went, he killed, set fire to, raped and plundered. There are countless treasures stolen and looted from the Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai and the Summer Palace. Among them, the famous Yuanmingyuan, after the British and French allied forces, was looted and eventually became a ruin.