Tsinghua University was built by Americans with boxer indemnity. 1900, the year of the boxer rebellion broke out in Beijing. At that time, hundreds of thousands of so-called "invulnerable" Boxers killed foreigners and besieged embassies, missionary universities and foreigners' houses in Beijing. The actions of the Boxer Rebellion shocked the international community and made representations in succession, but the Qing government could do nothing. Soon, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing and burned Yuanmingyuan for the second time. Yuanmingyuan was first burned in 1860.

The fundamental purpose of the Americans to build Tsinghua is to capture Tsinghua students, who will be stronger than the United States after mastering the state power. In other words, as early as the Qing Dynasty, the United States tried to tame China by peaceful evolution of China through political and economic means, which was much more brilliant than the Russian and other powers.