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The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895), or the First China–Japan War, was a conflict between the Qing dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Korea. [2] In Chinese it is commonly known as the Jiawu War.
It was an unequal treaty and ended the First Sino-Japanese War, in which Chinese land and naval forces were decisively defeated by the Japanese. The treaty was signed by Count Ito Hirobumi and Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu for Japan and Li Hongzhang and his son Li Jingfang on behalf of China.
A Japanese print showing key leaders during the war, including Emperor Guangxu (left of center) The summer of 1894 saw the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War over influence in Korea. [ 25 ] The Guangxu Emperor was reportedly eager for the war against Japan and became associated with the pro-war faction in the imperial court, which believed ...
First Sino-Japanese War starts. 1895: 17 April: The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of ...
Southwestern War (1877) Japan: Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain: Imperial victory. Shizoku rebellions were suppressed. The conscription system was established in Japan. First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) Japan China: Victory. Korea removed from Chinese suzerainty; Treaty of Shimonoseki; Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) Japan: Formosa: Victory
Convention of retrocession of the Liaodong Peninsula, 8 November 1895. The Triple Intervention or Tripartite Intervention (三国干渉, Sangoku Kanshō) was a diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany, and France on 23 April 1895 over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, imposed by Japan on Qing China at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War.
The First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), between China (Qing dynasty) and Japan (Empire of Japan), primarily over control of Korea; The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945), began between China (Republic of China) and Japan (Empire of Japan) in 1937, eventually becoming part of World War II in December 1941 when China joined the Allies and ...
An illustration of Khabarovsk occupied by Japanese troops during the Russian Civil War. The first overseas test of the nation's new military capabilities was the Taiwan Expedition of 1874, which was in retaliation for the 1871 murder of shipwrecked Ryūkyūan sailors. It was followed by a series of victorious military ventures until World War II.