The First Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95

The First Sino-Japanese War (中日甲午戰爭) was a war between the Qing Dynasty and the Empire of Japan between 1894 and 1895.  The war grew out of conflict between China and Japan for control over Korea. Korea had long been China’s most important tributary state (附庸國). China had maintained a strong presence in Korea for a few hundred years. In 1875, ...Read More