Treaty of Shimonoseki

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Treaty of Shimonoseki

Japanese version of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, April 17, 1895
Type	Unequal treaty
Signed	April 17, 1895
Location	Shimonoseki, Japan
Effective	May 8, 1895
Signatories	China Japan
Parties	Li Hongzhang, Li Jingfang Itō Hirobumi, Mutsu Munemitsu
Depositary	National Palace Museum, Taiwan National Archives of Japan
Language	Chinese and Japanese

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku), also known as the Treaty of Maguan (Chinese: 馬關條約; pinyin: Mǎguān Tiáoyuē; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-koan Tiâu-iok) in China and Treaty of Bakan (Japanese: 馬關條約, Hepburn: Bakan Jōyaku) in the period before and during World War II in Japan, was an unequal treaty signed at the Shunpanrō [ja] hotel, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.

Under the terms of the treaty, China lost suzerainty over Korea; ceded sovereignty of the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands, Taiwan (Formosa) and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan; agreed to pay substantial war indemnities to Japan; and opened China to Japanese foreign trade.

The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895. This treaty followed and superseded the Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty of 1871.^[1][2]