Destruction in the Era of Prosperity — A Memorial for 110 Years of the First Sino-Japanese War

Author: Hongzhi / Zhang Xindian / Sun Dachao (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: A heart-wrenching story of humiliation! A spirit of inspiration that drives one forward! This war overthrew four empires and stirred up the Second World War! The shameful defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War was not only the military, diplomatic, and political failure of the Qing Dynasty, not only the abrupt end of the Self-Strengthening Movement and the late Qing revival, but also the loss of 230 million taels of silver, the cession of Taiwan Island, and the forced opening of the Chinese interior. As the smoke of the First Sino-Japanese War billowed, the entire Chinese society, Northeast Asia, and even the world, inevitably plunged into an inescapable and prolonged catastrophe. This war actually overthrew four empires, awakened the Russian Revolution, and stirred up the Second World War