Sino-Japanese War Japan won in 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki We signed a peace treaty with the Qing dynasty.
Treaty of Shimonoseki The content of
- Qing dynasty recognizes Korea as a completely independent country
- Transfer Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan / Penghu Islands to Japan
- Pay compensation of 200 million cars (about 310 million) to Japan
In addition, new ports in Sha City, Chongqing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou will be opened I will do it.
Under this treaty, Japan secured the Liaodong Peninsula as a stepping stone to China while securing control of Korea. In addition, a large amount of compensation was able to secure financial resources for arms race and capitalist development.
Wo-firewood award spread to Japan due to Triple Intervention
Such overseas expansion of Japan will stimulate Russia, which is planning to expand into East Asia.
Approximately six days after the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed, Russia invited France and Germany [ for oriental peace . ] With the excuse of requesting Japan to return the Liaodong Peninsula Did.
This is Triple Intervention is.
Japan relies on Britain and tries to resist it, but Britain's declaration of neutrality shatters that speculation and gives in to the pressure of the three great powers.
Japan, which returned the Liaodong Peninsula in this way, was [ Wo-firewood award * . ] Will be spread to the people, the hostility of the people to Russia will be increased, and the arms race will be started against the background of nationalist and militaristic trends. * Meaning of swearing revenge
Before the Sino-Japanese War, even if the government insisted on an arms race, it did not go as expected due to the opposition of the People's Party seeking a tax cut, but after the war, the slogan of Wo-Wu-Wu Award to Russia expanded the arms race. Made it easy ..
The Liaodong Peninsula was returned, but Japan focused on the new rule of Taiwan.
1895 Kabayama Sukenori , Chief of the Navy General Staff Was appointed Governor-General of Taiwan, and the Taiwanese who resisted stubbornness were suppressed by force and placed under control.
China's division by great powers
1896 Treaty of Shimonoseki Based on Japan-China Commerce and Navigation Treaty Japan has extraterritoriality and customs agreement rights from the Qing dynasty. And so on. Also, the right to exempt Qing dynasty's domestic tariffs on Japanese imports Also won.
Among these, there are privileges that Western countries have not yet acquired, and Western countries with most favored nation treatment also acquire similar rights . Did.
Western countries, which witnessed the weakness of the Qing dynasty due to the Sino-Japanese War, set the sphere of influence in the Qing dynasty one after another. This is the Chinese division of the great powers Is called.
Each country proceeded with the construction of railways based on the acquired concession land.
In response to the invasion of these great powers, extremely extravagant patriotism will occur in the Qing dynasty, and riots advocating the expulsion of the West and the independence of the Qing dynasty will occur frequently. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion, a boxer rebellion, besieged the embassy of the great powers of Beijing, and the Boxer Rebellion broke out.
The Qing government declares war on the nations in line with the boxer rebellion. (Kitasei Incident)
The nations, including Japan, dispatch Allied forces to suppress this. The following year, he signed the Beijing Protocol and received compensation from the Qing dynasty.
Around this time, Russia has adopted a southward policy North Qing incident . Taking this opportunity, he sent a large army to Manchuria and was in a de facto sphere of influence. This southward policy has become a vigilant for Britain and Japan, and the Anglo-Japanese Alliance It also became the background for connecting.