abstractSynopsis:
In June of 1900, hundreds of Yihetuan members lay siege to the Beijing Xishiku Church where more than 2000 church members had sought refuge. They survived for two entire months under dire shortage of supplies. The besiegers and the besieged were both trapped in this place. “Why?” they questioned themselves, but found no answers. In August of 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance came on the scene to break this deadlock. In the savaged streets of post-apocalyptic Beijing, someone spotted a fox. Quietly it stood, observing and not moving at all, seemingly unafraid of humans, however close they approached.