Kowshing incident

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The Kowshing incident was an 1894 naval confrontation at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, in which a British-flagged transport ship carrying Chinese troops was sunk by the Imperial Japanese Navy, causing a major diplomatic controversy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic incident
maritime disaster
naval incident
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy
Qing Chinese forces
linked to: Qing army
cause interception of Chinese troop transport by Japanese Navy
chronologyWithinConflict early phase of the First Sino-Japanese War
combatantNationality Chinese
Japanese
conflict First Sino-Japanese War
countryInvolved Empire of Japan
linked to: Imperial Japan

Qing dynasty
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
describedBySource British diplomatic correspondence
Japanese naval records
contemporary newspaper reports
diplomaticStakeholder British Foreign Office
Japanese government
linked to: Government of Japan

Qing Chinese government
linked to: Qing dynasty
flagOfShipInvolved British flag
hasConsequence international scrutiny of Japanese naval conduct
strained Anglo-Japanese relations in 1894
hasEffect diplomatic controversy between Japan and Great Britain
international legal debate on treatment of neutral shipping
sinking of a British-flagged transport ship
hasLegalAspect laws of naval warfare
status of neutral merchant ships in wartime
hasPart sinking of SS Kowshing
historicalPeriod late 19th century
involves Japanese protected cruiser Naniwa
SS Kowshing
location off Asan, near Pungdo, Yellow Sea
namedAfter SS Kowshing
opposingForce Chinese troops being transported to Korea
Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Naniwa
partOf history of international maritime law
history of the Yellow Sea naval operations
naval operations at the start of the First Sino-Japanese War
pointInTime 1894
25 July 1894
region East Asia
shipOwnerNationality British
significantEvent attack on neutral-flagged vessel
loss of Chinese troops en route to Korea
startTime 25 July 1894
topic British maritime interests in East Asia
diplomatic history of the First Sino-Japanese War
naval warfare

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