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Since Japan had begun modernizing their technology, they forced Korea to open itslef to foreign trade and to declare indepence from China
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A group of pro-Japanese reformers tried to take over the Korean goverment but Gen. Yüan Shih-k'ai's Chinese troops stopped them, and they saved the Korean King. Besides saving the King these Chinese troops also killed a couple Japanese legalation guards.
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Li-Ito Convention was a treaty that was signed to stop and prevent war; this treaty stated that both mations agreed to withdraw troops from Korea.
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War began among the Japanese and the Chinese, they fought because both countries wanted authority over Korea. Korea had been China's most important client state for a while. Yet Japan was also interested in Korea; Korea was oppisite of the Japanese islands and had natural resources such as coal and iron.
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Japan had sucsuessfully invaded Shantung and Manchuna, plus they had forts set up commanding the sea approching Peking.
To stop the fighting Japan and China had a treaty, it's called Treaty of Shimonosek, this treaty stopped the conflict between the countries, made China loose Taiwan and Korea(KOrea got freedom), and China had to pay a large indemnity so that Japan could have trading privilges on Chinese territory.
