Cixi dared to declare war on the eleven countries. Why do people still say that she is a capitulator?

Because she did not directly declare war on eleven countries, but only mobilized internally. Because as far as the situation in the Qing dynasty is concerned, not to mention eleven countries, even one country can't beat it. The reason why she is a capitulator is mainly because she only cares about her own interests and completely ignores the interests of the country in the late Qing Dynasty, so later generations have always had a poor evaluation of her. As the last ruler with real power in the late Qing Dynasty, the Qing government under the leadership of Empress Dowager Cixi was corrupt and incompetent, but it can never be said that it was resigned to fate.

When people talk about the late Qing Dynasty, they always attribute the weak to the rulers. They tried to make a hullabaloo about the great powers, but failed. However, they didn't realize that China people were almost ignorant at this time, and Cixi's attempt was only the ignorance of the strong. After finally declaring war on eleven countries, it became a great escape. Before the First Opium War, although western powers were full of ambitions for China, they never wanted to occupy China.

As a result, the Opium War, the Sino-French War, and the Sino-Japanese War broke out, which made the great powers see China's weakness. Decades of aggression showed the powers the weakness of the Qing government. They not only want to profit from it, but also reach out to the court in an attempt to make Empress Dowager Cixi hand over power. For Empress Dowager Cixi, this is undoubtedly touching her bottom line. At that time, what foreigners feared most in China was not the Qing government, but the Boxer Rebellion. They kill foreigners when they see them, and they are even more merciless to missionaries. The Qing government acquiesced in these practices.

The backward Cixi pinned her hopes on the Boxer Rebellion. So, under the attack of nearly 30,000 regular troops equipped with modern weapons in Eight-Nation Alliance, no one could resist their advance until they invaded Beijing. Although she had declared war on eleven countries at that time, she did nothing but say a lot in the palace. Finally, Empress Dowager Cixi fled all the way west and became a big joke.