"A Conflict for the Ages: The First Sino-Japanese War" Topic
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Tango01 | 16 Apr 2015 10:05 p.m. PST |
"This Friday marks the 120th anniversary of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the accord that sealed Imperial Japan's triumph in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Japan's splendid little war was fateful, though, in that everyone—vanquished, victor, and European spectators alike—ended up being dissatisfied with its results. Shimonoseki and its aftermath set dynamics in motion that misshape regional politics to this day. Peace is not self-enforcing. A settlement proves perishable when neither combatants nor third parties have a stake in upholding it. Renewed strife is almost fated when everyone nurses a grudge stemming from it. The biggest loser was dynastic China, which had to acknowledge Korea's independence, cede Taiwan, the Pescadores, and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan, grant Japan most-favored-nation trading status, and pay a large indemnity—an indemnity that Tokyo promptly reinvested in upgrading its battle fleet. That stung. Defeat clears the mind—and thus the defeated typically learn the most from traumas like the Sino-Japanese War. Unlike their counterparts across the Yellow Sea in Japan, consequently, history-minded commentators in China have been scouring histories of the war for lessons pertinent to China's maritime renaissance…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
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