The Taiyuan massacre took place Process_start during the Boxer Rebellion , July 9 , 1900 , in Taiyuan , Shanxi province , North China .

Reports at the time alleged Statement that Yuxian , governor of Shanxi , ordered Arranging the killings of 45 Christian missionaries and village Christians , including children .

Roger Thompson , in his article about Yuxian , the supposed `` Butcher of Shanxi '' , found Know that there were no eye-witnesses accounts and that both the missionary sources and the Chinese official reports hide Hiding_objects the full truth .