Editing Boxer Protocol (section)

== Name ==
The 1901 protocol is commonly known as the '''Boxer Protocol''' or '''Peace Agreement between the Great Powers and China''' in English. It is known as the '''Xinchou Treaty'''<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Cheng |first=Wenting |title=China in Global Governance of Intellectual Property: Implications for Global Distributive Justice |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |year=2023 |isbn=978-3-031-24369-1 |series=Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies series}}</ref>{{Rp|page=16}} or Beijing protocol in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], where "Xinchou" refers to the year (1901) of signature under the [[sexagenary cycle]] system. The full English name of the protocol is '''Austria-Hungary, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, United States and China – Final Protocol for the Settlement of the Disturbances of 1900''', reflecting its nature as a [[Protocol (diplomacy)|diplomatic protocol]] rather than a [[peace treaty]] at the time of signature.