EAS105H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: South Manchuria Railway, Chinese Eastern Railway, Shandong Peninsula
Document Summary
Japan defeats china and forces them to hand over territory. Tripartite intervention, russia persuaded france and germany to help them all 3 apply diplomatic pressure on japan to return land in exchange for larger war indemnity (money) from china. Japan felt cheated by this intervention as the brits, russians and french would then occupy the places that they had invaded/handed back to china. 1900 boxer rebellion: china was tired of foreign intervention, people tried to fight back but. Japanese troops helped put down the boxer rebellion. Result of britain and japan sign the treaty out of fear of russian: they acknowledge each other"s special interests in china, promised neutrality. The war was started due to tripartite intervention they were furious that. Russia was able to take over manchuria and develop south manchurian. Railway to korea (wanted to connect to chinese eastern railway: would give them direct access vladivostok. Japan wanted to attack and capture port arthur.
