Script of the Treaty of Shimonoseki

1. The "Treaty of Shimonoseki" is one of the unequal treaties in modern Chinese history. It was a treaty that Japan imposed on China with harsh conditions during the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, causing China to lose its rights and humiliate its country. In 1895, the Qing government sent Li Hongzhang, the governor-general of Zhili, as the first-class plenipotentiary minister to Shimonoseki, Japan, to negotiate peace with the Japanese plenipotentiary representative, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi and Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu. On April 17, the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed.

2. China recognized the independence of North Korea and abolished the vassal relationship between China and North Korea. China ceded the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan, compensated Japan's military expenditure of 200 million taels, and opened Chongqing, Shashi, Suzhou and Hangzhou. As a commercial port, Japan can open factories in China's treaty ports.

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Introduction to the Treaty of Shimonoseki:

The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed between the Qing Dynasty government of China and the Meiji government of Japan on April 17, 1895 (Guangxu II) The unequal treaty signed in Shimonoseki, Japan (today's Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) on March 23, 11th year, was originally called the "New Treaty of Shimonoseki" and was known in Japan as the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" or the "Nissin-Seki Peace Treaty". treaty".

Six days after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Russian Empire united with France and Germany to intervene because Japan occupied the Liaodong Peninsula and hindered its expansion of power into Northeast China. As a result, Japan invaded the Liaodong Peninsula on May 4, 1895. Japan decided to abandon the Liaodong Peninsula, but asked China to "redeeme" it for 30 million taels of silver. It is known in history as "The intervention of the Three Kingdoms and the return of Liao Dynasty". One day after the Sino-Japanese War, Japan extorted a huge amount of 230 million taels of silver from China.

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