By May 1900 the imperial government had effectively embraced the Boxer cause but central authority had collapsed and power was increasingly in the hands of regional governors who had different strategies for dealing with the Boxers. In the province of Shensi, for example, the governors incorporated them into the local militia, but those of the south-eastern provinces and of Canton disobeyed Beijing's anti-foreign decrees and agreed with the foreign consuls at Shanghai that they would protect the foreigners under their jurisdiction.

A sentence set in an oldstyle serif and a similar-weight sans serif at the same point size will appear to be two different sizes.

There are various representations of it, gravely figured in native works on reptilology.

Ramond found granites in the high chain of the Pyrenees, corroded both externally and internally: not detached blocks alone, he informs us, but whole regions are attacked with this cariousness, the cause of which is still unknown.