1900年6月20日上午,时任德国驻华公使奥古斯特·冯·克林德在去清政府总理衙门途中被杀,此事不仅轰动一时,还成为八国联军入侵中国的导火索之一。至于事件的真相,一直是个难解之迷。最近,意大利人马德罗在其新著《1900年的北京》一书中揭开了这一谜团的冰山一角。 On the morning of June 20, 1900, when the German ambassador to China, Auguste von Klimde, was killed on his way to the Qing government’s Yamen, the incident not only made a big splash but also became a trigger for the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Allied Forces one. As for the truth of the incident, it has always been a puzzle. Recently, Italian Madero opened the tip of the iceberg of this mystery in his new book Beijing in 1900.