Kang Youwei
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Kang Youwei was a Chinese political thinker and reformer in the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his
Kang, c. 1905
Kang Youwei photographed with his Sikh guards in Singapore
Kang Youwei, circa unknown
Tang Poem: Returning Home As An Unrecognized Old Man, Nantoyōsō Collection, Japan
First Sino-Japanese War
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The First Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between the Qing dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily for influence over Korea. In China it is commonly known as the Jiawu War. After roughly 7
Kang Youwei
…after Meiji Japan. These ideas angered his colleagues in the scholarly class who regarded him as a heretic. In 1895, China was defeated by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. In protest against the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, and over 600 civil examination candidates signed a petition to the Guangxu…
Japanese before the office of Beiyang Fleet after taking Lüshun
1882 photograph of Kim Okkyun taken in Nagasaki. His assassination in China would contribute to tensions leading to the First Sino-Japanese War.
The French-built Matsushima, flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the First Sino-Japanese War
Japanese troops during the First Sino-Japanese War