Boxer Indemnities

The Boxer Indemnities (simplified Chinese: 庚子赔款; traditional Chinese: 庚子賠款; pinyin: Gēngzǐ Péikuǎn) was an indemnity to which the Qing Empire of China committed itself in writing on 7 September 1901 in relation to the Western thirteen countries in the Boxer Rebellion.

34.683 tons of silver) for the loss that China had caused to the Eighth Nations Alliance.

The compensation payments were distributed as follows:[1] As the United States had demanded less compensation than was then stipulated in the Boxer Rebellion, they converted the overcompensation received into a scholarship for Chinese students, which known as the Boxer Rebellion Indemnity Scholarship Program.

[2] Subsequently, The Empire of Japan and French Third Republic also used part of the compensation for young Chinese students to finance their studies.

After the First World War, China's claims against defeated German Empire and Austria-Hungary were counterbalanced.