Kowshing incident

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diplomatic incident maritime disaster naval incident

The Kowshing incident was an 1894 naval confrontation at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, in which a British-flagged transport ship carrying Chinese troops was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, causing a major diplomatic controversy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diplomatic incident ⓘ maritime disaster ⓘ naval incident ⓘ
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing Chinese forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	interception of Chinese troop transport by Japanese Navy ⓘ
chronologyWithinConflict	early phase of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
combatantNationality	Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
conflict	First Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	British diplomatic correspondence ⓘ Japanese naval records ⓘ contemporary newspaper reports ⓘ
diplomaticStakeholder	British Foreign Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese government NERFINISHED ⓘ Qing Chinese government NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagOfShipInvolved	British flag ⓘ
hasConsequence	international scrutiny of Japanese naval conduct ⓘ strained Anglo-Japanese relations in 1894 ⓘ
hasEffect	diplomatic controversy between Japan and Great Britain ⓘ international legal debate on treatment of neutral shipping ⓘ sinking of a British-flagged transport ship ⓘ
hasLegalAspect	laws of naval warfare ⓘ status of neutral merchant ships in wartime ⓘ
hasPart	sinking of SS Kowshing ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
involves	Japanese protected cruiser Naniwa NERFINISHED ⓘ SS Kowshing NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	off Asan, near Pungdo, Yellow Sea ⓘ
namedAfter	SS Kowshing NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposingForce	Chinese troops being transported to Korea ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Naniwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of international maritime law ⓘ history of the Yellow Sea naval operations ⓘ naval operations at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
pointInTime	1894 ⓘ 25 July 1894 ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
shipOwnerNationality	British ⓘ
significantEvent	attack on neutral-flagged vessel ⓘ loss of Chinese troops en route to Korea ⓘ
startTime	25 July 1894 ⓘ
topic	British maritime interests in East Asia ⓘ diplomatic history of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ

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Chinese transport Kowshing → event → Kowshing incident ⓘ