what is Tianjin massacre?

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Answer 1

Tianjin massacre was the culmination of Chinese opposition to Christianity and the anti-Christian feelings that found voice among the gentry, officials, and the general populace. It is integrally tied to the fact that the missionaries entered China through the forcefully opened ports, backed by gunboats. This created a simple disdain for Christianity as superstitious, grew out of early philosophical debates over heterodoxy. This, from the 1860 onwards led to the tragedy of the Tianjin Massacre in 1870.

The significance of 1860 lies in the Treaty clause that opened China's interior to foreign missionaries. The presence of missionaries was detrimental to the political structure of the Qing Empire. Because of the integral link between missionaries and the foreign embassies, missionary activities disrupted the Chinese political and judicial systems. The combination of the missionaries abuse of power and volatile Chinese reactions to that abuse fueled the many conflicts that culminated in the Tianjin Massacre of 1870. Approximately forty French people were killed in the rampage. This tragedy was a failure on a larger scale, a failure of years of effort at diplomacy.
This can be considered as being similar to Communist Party's efforts to oust foreigners and close China's doors after 1949 as an extension of this "deep-seated resentment." Chinese communist nationalism can be seen as a continued response to the damage that nineteenth century missionary activity caused.

After the treaty ports were opened, the people in China saw Christianity as integrally linked to the international politics of imperialism. The missionary intrusion into the interior of China fostered xenophobia. The foreign missionary, "by the mere fact of his presence in the interior, played a decisive part both in popularizing and in activating this force " antiforeignism ".

Answer 2

Cooperation between Qing and the west ended during the Tianjin Massacre of 1870. Catholic nuns made the mistake of offering small payments for orphans brought to their missions. Rumors spread that the children were being kidnapped and the sisters were removing their hearts and eyes to make medicine. A mob took the life of the French consul and 20 other foreigners. The foreign powers mobilized their gunboats. Diplomacy settled the issue.

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Answer 3

In the 1870's, after the Opium War, many of China's major cities had territories cornered off as "Foreign Concessions". Basically, westerners force China to open its country for trade and these were areas westerners carved out as their territories to do whatever they like. During this period, western missionaries poured in. The Chinese were resentful of western influences being forced upon them.

In Tianjin, a French missionary was built and was run by French nuns. In a noble gesture, the nuns offered small amount of money for people to help bring in orphans and unwanted children to be cared for. Unfortunately, rumor started that the children's hearts and eyes were cut out for witchcraft practices inside the church.

One thing led to another, the rumors ended with a local Chinese official leading a demonstration in front of the mission. A French Officer ordered his guards to fire into the demonstrators. The mob then sacked the church, killing 20 westerners including 10 nuns. The westerners were furious and sent in their gun boats (thus the term gun boat diplomacy) and demanded justice. Sixteen Chinese were executed in order to make peace with the foreigners.

While the incident was truly unfortunate, it also documented a period when a passive China was dominated and literally carved up by foreign powers. Within those Foreign Concessions, there were parks built by Chinese labor on Chinese soil with signs that read "Chinese and dogs not allowed".

Mindful of it not so distant past, it is predictable how China reacts in the political arena today especially with foreign intervention involving its immediate neigbors.

Answer 4

Look it up on Google.

Answer 5

try google search

Answer 6

Do you mean TROJAN massacre? (and not the condoms either!)