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Event war East Asia

First Sino-Japanese War

1894 CE – 1895 CE

Japan's modernised military crushed the Qing Dynasty's forces in a war over control of Korea.

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1894–1895 war between China and Japan

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Conflict · East Asia

First Sino-Japanese War

1894 CE – 1895 CE

Japan's modernised military crushed the Qing Dynasty's forces in a war over control of Korea. The humiliating defeat exposed China's weakness, ceded Taiwan to Japan, and announced Japan's arrival as a major power — shocking the Western world.

Standing in 1894 CE

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