Although Japan had seemingly won influence over Korea as a war prize from the Chinese, Joseon itself was still an independent state. Because of the actions of one inexperienced Japanese diplomat, that independence was about to be asserted in an undeniable way.
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12/09/24 • 26 min
A History of Japan - Losing Korea
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Season 13, Episode 13: Losing Korea
The First Sino-Japanese war was nothing if not instructive. Although the Qing Army had proven itself capable in other contemporary conflicts, particularly their recent clash with the French, those successes now appeared to be flukes rather than signs of robust resurgence. Their loss to Japan - a nation over which they had historically enjoyed superiority - was yet another disaster in the midst of what their historians would later refer to as the “cen
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