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In 1894, Japan used a peasant uprising in Korea as an excuse to launch a war of aggression against China. This was the "Kogo War (China-Japan Kogo War)."

In Chinese textbooks, the Jiaobo War is positioned as the first large-scale war of aggression in which Japanese imperialism began its overseas expansion. Japan, which had strengthened its military power through the Meiji Restoration, had long had ambitions for the Korean Peninsula and China, and used the Tongak Party rebellion to create a pretext for military intervention. The Qing Dynasty's Beiyang Fleet suffered a devastating blow in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, ultimately suffering a total defeat.

The Treaty of Maguan (Treaty of Shimonoseki), signed in 1895, is described as one of the most humiliating unequal treaties in modern Chinese history. The cession of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands and the huge compensation of 200 million taels further accelerated the semi-colonization of the Qing Dynasty. It is emphasized that this reparation supported Japan's militaristic expansion and further industrialization. The defeat in the Jiao-Bo War had a huge impact on Chinese society and became the driving force behind the modernization movement that led to the Ishin movement's modification of the Bo-Dug and the subsequent Xinhai Revolution.

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