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Sino-Japanese war日清戦争alternative words: Sino Japanese war, China Japan war, Nisshin senso, Nisshinsenso, Nisshin sensou, Nisshinsensou keywords: china , war related topics: Meiji period , Shimonoseki treaty , Yamagata Aritomo related web sites: http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood/8468/nissin.htm , http://www.city.shimonoseki.yamaguchi.jp/kyoiku/shidoka/hurusato/www97/b4_kowa2.htm explanation: War between China and Japan provoked by a dispute on Korean interests. It began in August 1894 in southern Korea. Before well trained Japanese troops, China showed virtually no resistance and her army had already retreated to southern Manchuria in the October 1894. At the same time the navy lost the battle of Yellow Sea in September 1894. Before this general debacle, China signed the humiliating treaty of Simonoseki in March 1895 and accepted the cession of Taiwan to Japan. | |