Suzuki, Yu.
Britain, Japan and China, 1876-1895 : East Asian International Relations before the First Sino-Japanese War. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages). - Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Series .
Introduction 1. Anglo-Japanese Relationship and Korea before the Imo Mutiny 2. The Imo Crisis and Its Aftermath, July 1882-April 1884 3. East Asian Crises, Phase One: May 1884-October 1885 4. East Asian Crises, Phase Two: November 1885-February 1887 5. The Post-Crises Order in East Asia, March 1887-July 1892 6. The Road to the First Sino-Japanese War, August 1892-July 1894 7. The First Sino-Japanese War and Anglo-Japanese Relations Conclusion
This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound by mutual sympathy and common interests, and therefore the common ground which led to the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, had already existed in the 1880s. Such understandings fail to take account of the fact that the Qing dynasty of China had emerged as the strongest regional power in East Asia by reasserting its influence as the traditional suzerain of the region in the years prior to the First Sino-Japanese War. The British and the Japanese governments clearly recognised that it would become difficult to maintain their interests in East Asia if they antagonised the Qing by challenging its claim of suzerainty over Korea. It was difficult for them to come to closer terms when their priority before 1894-5 was to maintain good relations with China, and when they were also experiencing numerous diplomatic difficulties with each other.
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10.4324/9780429424601 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
East Asia--Foreign relations--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--History--East Asia--19th century.
DS518.4 / .S89 2020
327.4105
Britain, Japan and China, 1876-1895 : East Asian International Relations before the First Sino-Japanese War. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xii, 222 pages). - Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Series .
Introduction 1. Anglo-Japanese Relationship and Korea before the Imo Mutiny 2. The Imo Crisis and Its Aftermath, July 1882-April 1884 3. East Asian Crises, Phase One: May 1884-October 1885 4. East Asian Crises, Phase Two: November 1885-February 1887 5. The Post-Crises Order in East Asia, March 1887-July 1892 6. The Road to the First Sino-Japanese War, August 1892-July 1894 7. The First Sino-Japanese War and Anglo-Japanese Relations Conclusion
This book revises the conventional wisdom about the Anglo-Japanese relationship in the late nineteenth century that these two countries were bound by mutual sympathy and common interests, and therefore the common ground which led to the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902, had already existed in the 1880s. Such understandings fail to take account of the fact that the Qing dynasty of China had emerged as the strongest regional power in East Asia by reasserting its influence as the traditional suzerain of the region in the years prior to the First Sino-Japanese War. The British and the Japanese governments clearly recognised that it would become difficult to maintain their interests in East Asia if they antagonised the Qing by challenging its claim of suzerainty over Korea. It was difficult for them to come to closer terms when their priority before 1894-5 was to maintain good relations with China, and when they were also experiencing numerous diplomatic difficulties with each other.
9780429424601 0429424604 9780429755484 0429755481 9780429755491 042975549X 9780429755507 0429755503
10.4324/9780429424601 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
East Asia--Foreign relations--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--History--East Asia--19th century.
DS518.4 / .S89 2020
327.4105