Both groups had somewhat similar goals of independence from the government. The Zulu expanded their claims of land throughout of South Africa which fueled a conflict between them and the British ggovernment.
On the other hand, the Chinese Boxers increase their strength by invading lands iin parts of North China of which had alarmed the government and thought of them as rebels.
The Zulu's were defeated by mainly by technological resources used by the British while the Boxers anitforeign forces won over them and had forced them to drop the opposition.