Why does esherick say the name "boxer rebellion" inaccurate ?

Joseph Esherick says that the name "Boxer Rebellion" is inaccurate because after analyzing the situation he declared that the Boxers never rebelled against the Qing dynasty, but against the foreigners.

Explanation:

The boxer rebellion was a uprisal from militia reunited in the righteousness against imperialism, foreigners, and Christianity. However, he says that these so-called"boxers" were funded by certain Qing princesses to develop a movement to take power and re-organize the political organization of china. He also said that their real argument was to expel foreigners from China and that they were opportunistic. Because after they were defeated, and saw the opportunity to join the allies they did it to survive.