This day, 17 April, 1895, the Qing Dynasty government was humiliated in to signing the Treaty of Shimonoseki as a way to end the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Ceded to Japan as part of the Treaty were the Liaodong Peninsula (later returned due to the intervention of France, Germany and Russia) together with Taiwan (to remain under Japanese rule for 50 years) and the Penghu Islands.
1895年4月17日的这一天，清朝政府被羞辱，签署了《下关条约》，以此结束1894-1895年的中日战争。 作为条约的一部分，辽东半岛（后来因法国、德国和俄罗斯的干预而归还）、台湾（在日本统治下保持50年）和澎湖群岛被割让给日本。
