Triple Intervention

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The Triple Intervention was a diplomatic move in 1895 by Russia, Germany, and France that forced Japan to relinquish some of its gains from the First Sino-Japanese War, notably the Liaodong Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic intervention
historical event
consequence Japan received increased monetary indemnity from China
Japan returned Liaodong Peninsula to China
Japanese rearmament and military expansion
growth of Japanese nationalism
rise of anti-Russian sentiment in Japan
countryConcerned Qing dynasty
countryInvolved French Third Republic
German Empire
Russian Empire
countryTargeted Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
dateApproximate April 1895
demandedConcession Liaodong Peninsula
demandedConcessionFrom Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
demandedConcessionTo Qing dynasty
followedBy Russian lease of Dalian
Russian lease of Liaodong Peninsula
Russian lease of Port Arthur
historicalPeriod Meiji era
surface form: late Meiji period

Qing dynasty
surface form: late Qing dynasty
languageOfDiplomacy French
German
Russian
longTermConsequence background to Russo-Japanese War
deterioration of Russo-Japanese relations
strengthening of Anglo-Japanese rapprochement
opposedInterestOf Japanese colonial empire
surface form: Japanese Empire
partOf Great Power politics in East Asia
pressureType diplomatic pressure
gunboat diplomacy
reasonGiven maintaining balance of power in East Asia
preventing Japanese domination of the Asian mainland
relatedConcept balance of power
imperialism in Asia
unequal treaties
relatedToTreaty Treaty of Shimonoseki
resultedFrom First Sino-Japanese War
supportedInterestOf French Third Republic
German Empire
Russian Empire
tookPlaceIn East Asia
tookPlaceInYear 1895
underlyingMotive French support for Russian policy
German imperial ambitions in China
Russian interest in Manchuria
Russian interest in Port Arthur

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Treaty of Shimonoseki precedesEvent Triple Intervention
Liaodong Peninsula wasSubjectOf Triple Intervention
Treaty of Maguan relatedEvent Triple Intervention