Annoyance to asset Late in the Qing dynasty war broke out between China and Japan, leading to the Qing being routed and signing the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, ceding Taiwan to the Japanese.
負債變資產滿清末年，中日甲午戰爭爆發，清廷潰敗，於 1895 年簽訂馬關條約，將台灣割讓給日本。