first sino japanese war

  1. A Prosperous Qing Dynasty: 1875 - 1900 (Revised)

    1875 - 1887: Prince Gong as Prince Regent In 1875, shortly after the accession of the Guangxu Emperor, Empress Dowager Cixi becomes severely ill from liver problems and dies. This left Empress Dowager Ci'an by herself, so she reappoints Prince Gong as Prince Regent to rule by her side. Using...

  2. What if the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 was a stalemate?

    I have read other threads on other sites that covered this topic, which mostly explore if China won. I argue that had conditions been different, instead of a Chinese victory, there would be a stalemate between both Japan and China. In this scenario, Japan would still win on the seas but their...

  3. The Qing Dynasty defeats Japan. Consequences to WWI?

    The First Sino-Japanese War, which confirmed the transition of the Empire of Japan from what was once an isolated country to one of the great powers of the world, was a closer affair than the numbers suggest. At the Battle of the Yalu River, for example, four Japanese cruisers were severely...
  4. GauchoBadger

    WI: Germany supports Japan in 1895

    IOTL, the Triple Intervention (1895) was a "three-person slap" on Japan's intended terms towards China in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, after the First Sino-Japanese War. France, Russia, and, surprisingly, Germany forced Japan to back down from its claims over Korea and the Liaodong Peninsula. But...
  5. GauchoBadger

    WI: Chinese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)

    What if Qing empress Cixi had decided to invest on the military rather than in reforming the imperial palace in 1891, giving the chinese navy more of a winning chance in the First Sino-Japanese War? Could the chinese defeat the japanese? If so, then what are the consequences? Would Korea remain...

  6. AHC: Curb Japanese Empire (1894 to 1910)

    With no PoDs prior to the outbreak of the Donghak Rebellion in January 1894, how can the military expansion power and influence that Japan saw OTL over the next two decades be minimized as much as possible? And if we can get an effective PoD, what are the wider global effects? Does this...

  7. WI/AHC: China wins the Battle of the Yalu River

    I'll admit I'm venturing in an area bit outside my field, but I'm diving in anyway. So, the First Sino-Japanese War, the conflict showed the world that the big dog of the east was no longer China, but Japan. One of the impressive Japanese victories was the naval one at the Yalu River (or Yellow...
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