<P> The uprising took place against a background that included severe drought and disruption caused by the growth of foreign spheres of influence . After several months of growing violence , in Shandong and the North China plain , against the both foreign and Christian presence in June 1900 , Boxer fighters , convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons , converged on Beijing with the slogan `` Support the Qing government and exterminate the foreigners . '' Foreigners and Chinese Christians sought refuge in the Legation Quarter . </P>
<P> The uprising took place against a background that included severe drought and disruption caused by the growth of foreign spheres of influence . After several months of growing violence , in Shandong and the North China plain , against the both foreign and Christian presence in June 1900 , Boxer fighters , convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons , converged on Beijing with the slogan `` Support the Qing government and exterminate the foreigners . '' Foreigners and Chinese Christians sought refuge in the Legation Quarter . </P>
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china s boxer rebellion was an attempt to
`` Support the Qing government and exterminate the foreigners . ''
`` Support the Qing government and exterminate the foreigners . ''