DBWI : Japanese Victory in Sino-Japanese War
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What the hell is the guy making this this thing smoking? David S Poepoe
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Academic scholarship and history has shown that victory is nebulous concept at times and especially in relation to the Sino-Japanese War. In the grand scope of Asian history the war was a victory for the Chinese, but by the narrowest of margins. The Japanese smashed the Chinese at sea and successfully detached Korea from China and folded it into the growing Japanese sphere of influence.
The Chinese won on land, but at the expense of thousands of lives. The Imperial Court in Peking certainly thought nothing of the numbers of soldiers it wasted on the battlefront. The negotiated Peace of Paris certainly raised Western opinion of China, but the victory did nothing but precepitate and accelerate already rapid decline and fall of the Manchu Court in 1897. The speed at which revolution spread and fanned across China surprised many.
The declaration of the Republic in Canton heralded the end of Imperial China which was eventually swept away by the assassination of the Dowager Empress by reform minded Chinese army officers in early 1898 . This was accompanied by the 99 day reign of Emperor Guangxu who abdicated in favour of Sun Yat-sen effectively signalling the end of the monarchy.
Sun's peaceful step down from the position of President in 1912 set an example which has been frequently repeated in the free elections in China ever since. Sun represented China at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in Paris in 1919 and successfully negotiated the reestablishment of Korean independence from Japan.
The Chinese won on land, but at the expense of thousands of lives. The Imperial Court in Peking certainly thought nothing of the numbers of soldiers it wasted on the battlefront. The negotiated Peace of Paris certainly raised Western opinion of China, but the victory did nothing but precepitate and accelerate already rapid decline and fall of the Manchu Court in 1897. The speed at which revolution spread and fanned across China surprised many.
The declaration of the Republic in Canton heralded the end of Imperial China which was eventually swept away by the assassination of the Dowager Empress by reform minded Chinese army officers in early 1898 . This was accompanied by the 99 day reign of Emperor Guangxu who abdicated in favour of Sun Yat-sen effectively signalling the end of the monarchy.
Sun's peaceful step down from the position of President in 1912 set an example which has been frequently repeated in the free elections in China ever since. Sun represented China at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in Paris in 1919 and successfully negotiated the reestablishment of Korean independence from Japan.