Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wa o te Boxer Rebellion i te tau 1900, ko te Beijing Legation Quarter te pokapū o te raru o te ao i te wa o te Siege of the International Legations by the Boxers mo etahi marama. I muri i te pakarutanga o te whakapae e te Waru-Motu Alliance (i uru atu ki a Itari) i te mutunga o te
I te Pakanga o Peking, i whiwhi nga mana ke i te tika ki te whakanoho i nga hoia ki te tiaki i a raatau legations i raro i nga tikanga o te Kaupapa a Boxer. I tua atu, i whiwhi a Itari i te whakaaetanga i Tientsin, ki te tonga ki te rawhiti o Beijing.