Some people in Taiwan Province Province have become diehard pro-Japanese elements, which is one of the reasons for the complicated cross-strait relations.
The signing of treaty of shimonoseki awakened China's national consciousness and crisis consciousness. The occupation of Taiwan Province Province was a shock to China and an opening of Japanese war resources.
Before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Qing government was immersed in the achievements of the 30-year Westernization Movement, intoxicated with the last prosperity of the Qing Dynasty advocated by the rulers. At this juncture, the Westernization Movement was defeated by the Meiji Restoration, which started ten years later than China.
Although China has declined, in the eyes of westerners, Japan is a small place similar to primitive tribes. Before the war, the west worried that Japan would be destroyed by the Qing Dynasty. In fact, Emperor Meiji also made the worst decision, considering the consequences that Japan would be occupied by the Qing Dynasty if it was defeated.
But the Qing Dynasty was defeated and the Chinese dream was completely broken. This is not only for the Qing Dynasty, but also for all people of insight in China.
Although Japan experienced the Meiji Restoration, it was actually very backward at that time, which was manifested in the lack of finance and foreign exchange. The government even once mobilized Japanese women to go abroad for prostitution in exchange for foreign exchange. If the Emperor didn't take the lead in starving, the Japanese could not buy warships at all, nor could they compete with China Beiyang. However, Cixi embezzled tens of millions of silver from the navy for the construction of the Summer Palace, and the skinny camel was bigger than the horse. At that time, Japan was so poor that it didn't even have the money of the Qing government. As far as industry is concerned, the Westernization Movement is not so good.
2. Support the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement caused countless people to be displaced, and there was bloodshed when there was war. When I was reading history, I dealt a great blow to feudalism and other ideas. In fact, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with small-scale peasant consciousness was not feudal. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom increased the burden of the Qing government representing China at that time. It made the Qing government spend a lot of manpower and material resources to crush (according to the current statement, it is a waste of taxpayers' money), which increased the burden on the people. This is harmful to people in dire straits all over the country.