Treaty of Shimonoseki

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Chinese: 馬うま關せき條約じょうやく, Japanese: 下関しものせき条約じょうやく) was signed between the Qing Dynasty and the Empire of Japan at Shimonoseki in 1895. It ended the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 1895).

Main terms of the treaty

• 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.

Other websites

• the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Chinese Version)
• the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese Version) Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine