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*''Signed: 17 April [[1895]]''
*''Japanese'': 下関条約 ''(Shimonoseki jôyaku)''
The Treaty of Shimonoseki, signed April 17, [[1895]], marked the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]].
In the treaty, China renounced any claims to suzerainty in [[Joseon|Korea]] (i.e. claims of Korea being a [[tribute|tributary]], or otherwise subordinate to or specially linked with China), and formally recognized Korea as an independent state. The [[Qing Empire|Qing Court]] also ceded [[Taiwan]] and the [[Pescadores Islands]] (C: ''Penghu'') to Japan, granted Japan [[most-favored-nation status]], and officially opened an additional seven Chinese trade ports to Japanese trade, as well as agreeing to pay considerable monetary reparations, in British pounds sterling.<ref>[[Peter Duus]], "Economic Dimensions of Meiji Imperialism," in Peattie and Myers (eds.), 134.</ref> The indemnity paid by the Chinese was equivalent to roughly 364,510,000 [[yen]], roughly one-third of Japan's total GNP at the time, and far more than making up for the cost of the war to the Japanese government, expenses totalling around 200,476,000 yen.<ref>Duus, 143.</ref>
Having obtained most-favored-nation status meant, to a considerable degree if not completely, treaty equality with the Western powers, and the successful resolution of the [[Meiji government|Meiji government's]] long-time aims of renegotiation of the [[unequal treaties]]. The terms of the treaty also allowed Japan to begin building factories in China's [[treaty ports]], protected by [[extraterritoriality]].<ref>Marius Jansen, ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 110.</ref>
The Treaty also stipulated that China cede to Japan the [[Liaodong Peninsula]], which extends into the [[Yellow Sea]] opposite the [[Shandong Peninsula]] and just north of the China-Korea border. However, due to the [[Triple Intervention]] of Russia, Germany, and France, which feared the growth of Japanese power/influence, and which desired access to Liaodong for their own spheres of influence, Japan was ultimately denied control of that territory.
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==References==
*''Okinawa ken heiwa kinen shiryôkan sôgô annai'' 沖縄県平和祈念資料館総合案内 ("General Catalog of Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum"), Nanjô, Okinawa: Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum (2004), 22.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
*''Japanese'': 下関条約 ''(Shimonoseki jôyaku)''
The Treaty of Shimonoseki, signed April 17, [[1895]], marked the end of the [[Sino-Japanese War]].
In the treaty, China renounced any claims to suzerainty in [[Joseon|Korea]] (i.e. claims of Korea being a [[tribute|tributary]], or otherwise subordinate to or specially linked with China), and formally recognized Korea as an independent state. The [[Qing Empire|Qing Court]] also ceded [[Taiwan]] and the [[Pescadores Islands]] (C: ''Penghu'') to Japan, granted Japan [[most-favored-nation status]], and officially opened an additional seven Chinese trade ports to Japanese trade, as well as agreeing to pay considerable monetary reparations, in British pounds sterling.<ref>[[Peter Duus]], "Economic Dimensions of Meiji Imperialism," in Peattie and Myers (eds.), 134.</ref> The indemnity paid by the Chinese was equivalent to roughly 364,510,000 [[yen]], roughly one-third of Japan's total GNP at the time, and far more than making up for the cost of the war to the Japanese government, expenses totalling around 200,476,000 yen.<ref>Duus, 143.</ref>
Having obtained most-favored-nation status meant, to a considerable degree if not completely, treaty equality with the Western powers, and the successful resolution of the [[Meiji government|Meiji government's]] long-time aims of renegotiation of the [[unequal treaties]]. The terms of the treaty also allowed Japan to begin building factories in China's [[treaty ports]], protected by [[extraterritoriality]].<ref>Marius Jansen, ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 110.</ref>
The Treaty also stipulated that China cede to Japan the [[Liaodong Peninsula]], which extends into the [[Yellow Sea]] opposite the [[Shandong Peninsula]] and just north of the China-Korea border. However, due to the [[Triple Intervention]] of Russia, Germany, and France, which feared the growth of Japanese power/influence, and which desired access to Liaodong for their own spheres of influence, Japan was ultimately denied control of that territory.
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==References==
*''Okinawa ken heiwa kinen shiryôkan sôgô annai'' 沖縄県平和祈念資料館総合案内 ("General Catalog of Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum"), Nanjô, Okinawa: Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum (2004), 22.
<references/>
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
