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Boxer Indemnity Scholarship - Wikipedia

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The Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program (Chinese: 庚子賠款獎學金; lit. '[Year] Gengzi Indemnity Scholarship') was a scholarship program for Chinese students to be educated in the United States, funded by the Boxer Indemnity [zh]. In May 25, 1908, the U.S. Congress Senate and House of Representatives passed the Joint Resolution (S. R. 23)[1] to return to China the excess of Boxer Indemnity,[2] amounting to over $11,961,121.76.[3] Despite the fierce controversies over returning the excess payment, President Theodore Roosevelt's administration decided to establish the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program to educate Chinese. President Roosevelt recognized this program as a chance for "American-directed reform in China" [4] that could potentially improve US-China relations, bridging Chinese and American culture, and promoting the US's international image. Instead of copying European imperialism and using military means to reap a short-term financial gain, Roosevelt established the program to insure

Boxer Indemnity Scholarship - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia US program for Chinese exchange students This article is about the American program. For the British program, see Boxer Indemnity Scholarship (United Kingdom) . Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Traditional Chinese 庚子賠款獎學金 Simplified Chinese 庚子赔款奖学金 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gēngzǐ péikuǎn jiǎngxuéjīn Wade–Giles Keng-tzu P'ei-k'uan Chiang-hsüeh-chin US Congress Joint Resolution (S. R. 23) 1908 remission of a portion of the Chinese indemnity The Boxer Indemnity Scholarship Program was a s

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