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In
the
period
between
spring
and
summer
1900,
the
Western
Powers
organized
an
expedition
with
the
goal
to
set
free
Europeans
trapped
within
the
delegations’
district
of
Peking.
The
Treaty
divided
China
into
influence
areas,
reducing
to
a
fiction
the
sovereignty
of
the
Imperial
court. Italy
also
took
part
in
the
International
Expedition
Corp,
with
the
declared
purpose
to
rescue
its
fellow
country-men
and
to
restore
the
status
quo.
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