The treaty of shimonoseki is a treaty signed between the Qing Empire and Japan on April 17, 1895 in Chikan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The representatives of the Qing Empire government are Li Hongzhang, the first-class plenipotentiary of the imperial envoys, and Li Jingfang, the plenipotentiary of the imperial envoys. The representatives of the Japanese government are Prime Minister Ito Bowen and Foreign Minister Lu Aozongguang. The signing of this treaty marked the end of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and led to the cession of Taiwan Province and Penghu by the Qing Empire to the Great Japanese Empire, which led to the Japanese occupation of Taiwan for the next 5 years. The Chinese version of the treaty was originally collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and the Japanese version was originally collected in the National Library of Tokyo.

The total amount of compensation is 2 million taels of silver, and the distribution of purposes is as follows:

Arms expansion: 62.7%

Temporary military expenses: 21.9%

Royal expenses: 5.5%

Taiwan Province supplementary funds: 3.3%

Education funds: 2.7%

Disaster reserve: 2.7.

In addition, the compensation stipulated by treaty of shimonoseki was more than four times the Japanese national budget of 8 million yen at that time, equivalent to more than 36 million yen. Japan used reparations as financial resources to complete the gold standard system. The payment of reparations made China poorer. These financial pressures are finally passed on to ordinary people, and all kinds of taxes make the people in dire straits.

The other is that it led to the split of the motherland, the cession of Taiwan Province, Penghu Islands, Liaodong Peninsula and other territories, which destroyed the territorial integrity of China, and it has affected it until now!