What is Treaty of Shimonoseki?
The '''Treaty of Shimonoseki''' ({{lang-zh|馬關條約}}, {{lang-ja|下関条約}}) was signed between the [[Qing Dynasty]] and the [[Empire of Japan]] at [[Shimonoseki]] in [[1895]]. It ended the [[First Sino-Japanese War]] ([[1894]] - [[1895]]). == Main terms of the treaty == * [[Korea]] was not a vassal-state under [[China]]. [[Korea]] would became an independent nation. * [[China]] had to give [[Japan]] 200 million taels (a tael had usually a little more silver than a ([[Spanish dollar]]). * [[Formosa]], the [[Pescadores]] and the [[Dalian|Liaotung]] [[peninsula]] ceded to [[Japan]]. * [[Chungking]], [[Soochow]], [[Hangchow]] and [[Shashih]] had to be opened for [[Japan]]ese trading. * [[Japan]]ese people were allowed to build industries and sell their products in China. == Other websites == * [http://news.big5.enorth.com.cn/system/2004/07/05/000813736.shtml the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Chinese Version) ]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/teikoku-denmo/html/history/kaisetsu/other/shimonoseki.html the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese Version)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930120710/http://www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp/teikoku-denmo/html/history/kaisetsu/other/shimonoseki.html |date=2007-09-30 }} {{multistub|history|Asia}} [[Category:19th century in Japan]] [[Category:Treaties of China|Shimonoseki]] [[Category:19th-century treaties]] [[Category:1895]] [[Category:19th century in China]]