Treaty of Shimonoseki

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Chinese: 馬關條約, Japanese: 下関条約) was signed between the Qing Dynasty and the Empire of Japan at Shimonoseki in 1895. It ended the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 1895).

• Korea was not a vassal-state under China. Korea would became an independent nation.
• China had to give Japan 200 million taels (a tael had usually a little more silver than a (Spanish dollar).
• Formosa, the Pescadores and the Liaotung peninsula ceded to Japan.
• Chungking, Soochow, Hangchow and Shashih had to be opened for Japanese trading.
• Japanese people were allowed to build industries and sell their products in China.

• the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Chinese Version) ^{[permanent dead link]}
• the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese Version) Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

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