When the Eight – Power Allied Forces occupied Beijing in 1900 ... they forced the Qing government to turn it into a legation quarter where each country could station its own troops.

On the evening of her death, Pamela had been ice-skating with friends in the foreigners-only Legation Quarter of Peking. She was due to leave for London in a few days to pursue further studies.

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