Monday, June 11, 1900. Chinese troops murder a Japanese diplomat.

Japanese diplomat Sugiyama Akira was murdered by Imperial Chinese soldiers who dragged Akira from his carriage and hacked him to bits, then displayed his severed head at the railway station in Beijing.

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Sunday, June 10, 1900. Leaving for Beijing.

Labels: 1900, 1900s, Boxer Rebellion, China, China (Beijing), Railroads