17 abr 1895 ano - Treaty of Shimonoseki

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China requested Japan’s terms for peace after suffering nothing but defeat
after defeat. The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed by both countries in April
1895. This treaty:
● granted Korea full independence from China
● gave Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan
● required China to pay a large indemnity to Japan, approximately
13,600 tons of silver
● allowed Japanese ships to operate ships on the Yangtze River, and to have
factories in four Chinese ports that would now be completely open to
Japanese imports.

Immediately after the Treaty of Shimonoseki was announced, Russia,
Germany and France declared that the treaty had to be altered to
accommodate their desires. Although Japan clearly dominated China
during the war, it was in no way prepared to deal with three of the world’s
great military powers. In this Tripartite Intervention, as it became known,
Russia took control of the Liaodong Peninsula and Port Arthur, leasing them
from China. Germany would soon take control of part of the Shantung
Peninsula from the much-weakened Chinese government. Japan was
humiliated and embittered, but forced to submit to the European powers’
demands.

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