Why China Wants Taiwan. Ending The Humiliation. Wednesday’s Edition.

The Long Chain: China and Taiwan. Series 28 #2

On April 17, 1895, in the Japanese port town of Shimonoseki, Li Hongzhang, China’s chief negotiator overseeing the Qing government’s foreign affairs, signed a treaty that handed Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan. China also agreed to pay Japan 200 million taels of silver, recognize Korea as independent rather than a Chinese dependency, and open fou…