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Asia Pacific 114 years ago today: Russo-Japanese War (04 Sep 1905) https://buff.ly/34mwafz Japan swiftly overran Korea and southern Manchuria, capturing Port Arthur after a prolonged siege. In an attempt to gain naval supremacy, Russia sent its European fleet halfway around the world - only to have the Japanese destroy it at Tsushima. Unsuccessful in the war and facing widespread unrest at home, the Russians sued for peace. #asiapacific #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1900s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1905 #chinesehistory #frenchempire #empireofjapan #japanesehistory #russojapanesewar #russianempire #russianhistory #september #september4 #britishempire #chineseempire #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Port Arthur, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1-6UwMAsqo/?igshid=86tv97qgzmf5

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The Arctic 160 years ago today: Amur Acquisition (13 Aug 1859) https://buff.ly/2YLPKmb Russian expeditions and settlers had been infiltrating China's Amur region since the late 1840s. After the Crimean War exposed the vulnerability of Russia's Pacific possessions to naval attack, the Tsar agreed to back these settlements to consolidate power in the Far East. Taking advantage of China's embroilment in the Second Opium War, the Russians managed to persuade the Chinese to cede first the land to the north of the Amur River then, after negotiations between the Chinese and the Allies briefly broke down, the land to the south (Primorye). #arctic #history #welovehistory #map #1850s #19thcentury #victorianera #victorian #1859 #allies #amur #august #august13 #amuria #russianfareast #chineseempire #qingdynasty #russianempire #britishempire #opiumwar #khabarovsk #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #geopolitics (at Khabarovsk, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1GLmjJgUlb/?igshid=1xyqw4codt20z

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Asia Pacific 106 years ago today: Second Chinese Revolution (28 Jul 1913) https://buff.ly/2MhadrL Although military strongman Yuan Shikai had been made provisional president of the new Republic of China to preserve peace, he soon began acting more and more dictatorial, cracking down on Sun Yatsen's Nationalist Party (the Kuomintang). In 1913, Sun attempted to launch another revolution but was forced to flee to Japan. #asiapacific #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1910s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1913 #chinesehistory #japanesehistory #july #july28 #kuomintang #chineserevolution #chineseempire #qingdynasty #sunyatsen #yuanshikai #warlordchina #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Wuhan, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0c86vgAIe9/?igshid=1x2t2xbjb6mv0

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Asia Pacific 124 years ago today: Triple Intervention and Taiwan (28 May 1895) https://buff.ly/2HDsywe Japanese gains in the Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) conflicted with Russian interests in northern China. Less than a week after the treaty was signed, Russia, together with France and Germany, intervened to force Japan to withdraw from the Liaodong Peninsula. Meanwhile, Taiwan rejected being ceded to Japan and declared its independence, but quickly fell to Japanese forces. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1890s #1895 #chineseempire #qingdynasty #chinesehistory #empireofjapan #japaneseempire #germanempire #frenchempire #russianempire #japanesehistory #may #may28 #taiwan #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #welovehistory #19thcentury #imperialism #victorianera #asianhistory (at Taipei, Taiwan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_94TPgj7r/?igshid=1b84qyoymmxh9

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Asia Pacific 119 years ago today: Boxer Rebellion (16 Jun 1900) https://buff.ly/2Il8pM1 In response to the growing foreign domination of China, the isolationist Yihetuan movement - known in the west as Boxers - rose up and began attacking and killing foreigners and Chinese Christians within the country. In January 1900, the Great Powers demanded that China suppress the Boxers, but many Chinese officials were sympathetic to their cause. Facing increasing Boxer activity, an alliance of eight nations invaded northern China. #asiapacific #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1900 #victorianera #victorian #1900s #20thcentury #modernhistory #boxerrebellion #qingdynasty #chineseempire #chinesehistory #unequaltreaties #imperialism #colonialism #yihetuan #june #june16 #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography (at Beijing, China) https://www.instagram.com/p/BywyyafgJQO/?igshid=1txyjfp5sh6av

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Southern Asia 115 years ago today: British Expedition to Tibet (03 Aug 1904) https://buff.ly/31aVfaQ While the British welcomed the Saudi restoration as a way to undermine Ottoman power, their main concern in the region remained Russia. To keep the Russians in check, Britain signed an alliance with Japan, but still feared Russian expansion into Tibet, which had effectively been independent of China since the mid-19th century. In 1904, the British invaded the Himalayan kingdom, forcing the Tibetans to accept their authority. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1900s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1904 #august #august3 #chineseempire #qingdynasty #russianempire #tibet #britishempire #britishraj #britishindia #kingdomoftibet #imperialism #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Lhasa, Tibet) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0sXnqQgBO1/?igshid=5bd1bdo3gsjc

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Asia Pacific 125 years ago today: Donghak Peasant Revolution (09 Jun 1894) https://buff.ly/2F0fnnt In 1894 peasants and followers of the Donghak religious movement revolted against corrupt government officials in Korea. Alarmed, the Korean government appealed to China to intervene. China did so, but so did Japan, leading both countries to land troops in Korea the same day. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1890s #1894 #chineseempire #chinesehistory #donghak #japanesehistory #koreanhistory #june #june9 #korea #japaneseempire #asianhistory #maps #welovehistory #worldhistory #19thcentury #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historygeek #historynerd #historybuff #historyofkorea #revolution #rebellion #victorianera (at Gwangju) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByeqfbzgH-U/?igshid=oc7hn0dbixff

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Asia Pacific 124 years ago today: Treaty of Shimonoseki (17 Apr 1895) https://buff.ly/2UZ1AXD After defeating the Chinese in Korea in 1894, Japanese forces invaded China itself, occupying the Liaodong Peninsula and destroying the Chinese fleet in the battles of the Yalu River and Weihaiwei. With the loss of its navy, China sued for peace. At the Treaty of Shimonoseki, Japan was granted control of the Liaodong Peninsula and the island of Taiwan. #asiapacific #history #welovemaps #map #1890s #1895 #april #april17 #china #chinesehistory #dalian #japaneseempire #japanesehistory #chineseempire #koreanhistory #taiwan #weihaiwei #maps #welovehistory #shimonoseki #liaodong #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historynerd #historygeek #historybuff #asianhistory #19thcentury (at Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwWS3ipADs7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x0jtkj51ogo5