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| 1854 |
| | Commodore Matthew Perry, commanding a powerful US fleet, persuades the Japanese to open their country to western trade – ending their period of isolation | |
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| 1894 |
| | Japan and China go to war over Korea, with disastrous results for China | |
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| 1895 |
| | Japan's navy destroys the remains of China's fleet at Weihaiwei | |
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| 1895 |
| | At the end of the Sino-Japanese war China cedes to Japan the island of Taiwan, together with Port Arthur and the Liadong peninsula | |
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| 1902 |
| | The three-year Philippine-American War is brought to an end, and the Philippines become a US colony | |
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| 1904 |
| | A surprise Japanese attack on Russian warships in Port Arthur launches the Russo-Japanese War for influence in the Far East | |
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| 1905 |
| | President Thedore Roosevelt mediates a peace treaty in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, between Russia and Japan | |
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| 1905 |
| | The Treaty of Portsmouth gives Japan control of Port Arthur and much of the Liaotung Peninsula | |
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| 1906 |
| | President Roosevelt wins a Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation between Russia and Japan | |
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| 1908 |
| | The last Manchu emperor, Puyi, is placed on the throne at the age of two on the death of his uncle, the Guanxu emperor | |
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