1898-1913
Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
The Sino-Japanese War was fought against the forces of the Qing Dynasty of China in the Korean peninsula, Manchuria, and the coast of China. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times.
The Treaty of Shimonoseki signed between Japan and China ended the war. Through this treaty,
Japan forced China to open ports for international trade and ceded the
southern portion of China's Liaoning province as well as the island of Taiwan to Japan. China also had to pay a war indemnity of 200 million Kuping taels. As a result of this war, Korea
ceased to be a tributary state of China, but fell into Japan's sphere
of influence. However, many of the material gains from this war were
lost by Japan due to the Triple Intervention.
Russo-Japanese War
The Japanese victory in the Russo-Japanese War
of 1904-1905 was the third time in history in which an Eastern power
defeated a Western one (Genghis Khan, 1162-1227, and Attila the Hun,
406-453 AD), and marks the emergence of Japan as a major military
power. Japan demonstrated that it could apply Western technology,
discipline, strategy, and tactics in an effective war.
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