From 65438 to 0868, Japan embarked on the capitalist road through the Meiji Restoration, and its national strength became stronger and stronger, and it was in urgent need of export of foreign goods and capital.

However, as an island country, Japan is short of domestic resources, with a small market. Coupled with the remnants of domestic feudalism, the contradictions in the social transition period are sharp, and the Japanese ruling group headed by the Emperor is eager to find a way out from external expansion. Therefore, from 65438 to 0887, the Japanese government formulated the so-called "Qing conquest strategy" and gradually evolved into a "mainland policy" centered on aggression against China.

The direct cause of the Sino-Japanese War:

1In the spring of 894, the peasant uprising of "Dongxue Party" broke out in North Korea, and the North Korean government requested the Qing government to send troops to help suppress it. Japan took the opportunity to set a trap. On the second day after the Qing army entered the DPRK, Japan sent a large number of troops into the DPRK to occupy military sites, and launched a war of aggression against China on July 25.

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1894- 1895 Sino-Japanese War: During the late Qing Dynasty in China, China and Japan fought for control of the Korean Peninsula. Because it happened in 1894, that is, in the 20th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, the main branch was the Sino-Japanese War, so China was called the Sino-Japanese War in history.

The Sino-Japanese War lasted for 9 months and was divided into two battlefields: land war and naval battle. The Japanese army captured Pyongyang, North Korea, defeated the Beiyang Navy in the Yellow Sea naval battle, then captured Lushun and Weihai in China, and carried out mass slaughter in Lushun on June 22nd1894+065438+1October 22nd.

After the war, the two sides signed the treaty of shimonoseki, which stipulated that China ceded territory to Japan for compensation. As a result, the Qing government in China was burdened with heavy foreign debts, and its national strength declined day by day, making it a semi-colonial and semi-feudal country. However, due to the huge war reparations, Japan's national strength and military strength increased rapidly, and it gradually embarked on the militaristic expansion of Zhang Zhilu.

References:

Modern History of China, a high school history book published by People's Education Publishing House.

The History of the Sino-Japanese War published by Shanghai People's Publishing House 20 14.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 1894- 1895