WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The First Sino-Japanese war, initiated by the issue of control over Korea, fought between Qing China and Meiji Japan, broke out on July 25, 1894. Japan made consecutive victories over the Chinese Empire over the sea and land in 6 months and forced China to seek a peace treaty by early 1895.

Detailed explanation-2: -The First Sino-Japanese War ended with the Treaty of Shimonoseki, in which China recognized the independence of Korea and ceded Taiwan, the adjoining Pescadores, and the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria to Japan. China also agreed to pay a large indemnity and to give Japan trading privileges on Chinese territory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate cause of the war was the dispute over control of Korea. Both China and Japan had long been interested in the peninsula, which was seen as a valuable strategic location.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) was one of the most destructive conflicts of World War II. It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident of July 7, 1937, and ended with Japan’s surrender on September 2, 1945.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ostensibly the Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between Japan and China for dominance over China’s tributary, Korea. In reality, it was a Japanese attempt to preempt Russian expansion down the Korean Peninsula to threaten Japan.

Detailed explanation-6: -In AD 663 the Battle of Baekgang took place, the first China–Japan conflict in recorded history.