The treaty of shimonoseki, also known as the New Testament of Shimonoseki, was an unequal treaty signed by the Chinese and Japanese Qing governments in Shimonoseki, Japan on April 23rd, 895 (March 23rd, 21st, Guangxu reign, and April 17th, 28th, Meiji reign, Japan), with Li Hongzhang and Li as the plenipotentiaries of China, and Ito Bowen and Luo Zongguang as the plenipotentiaries of Japan.
Treaty of shimonoseki came into effect on May 8, 1995/kloc-0, and was abolished after the Republic of China officially declared war on Japan on February 9, 1998/kloc-0. The signing of treaty of shimonoseki marked the end of the Sino-Japanese War in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and Japan obtained various benefits such as huge compensation through the treaty. The intervention of Liaodong Peninsula, Russia and Germany and France forced Japan to return, which led to the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904.
The Influence of treaty of shimonoseki on China
The signing of treaty of shimonoseki marked the end of the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. It is an unequal treaty imposed by Japan on China, which reflects the imperialist demand for capital export and global division, deepens China's semi-colonial status, intensifies the imperialist aggression and oppression on the people of China, and intensifies the national crisis.
In addition, the signing of treaty of shimonoseki made China's international status plummet. Western powers saw the decline of China's power, and then set off a frenzy to carve up China. Forcibly ceding the whole island of Taiwan Province Province and its affiliated islands and Penghu Islands further undermined the integrity of China's sovereignty, stimulated the ambitions of the great powers to carve up China, and further aggravated the national crisis.
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