Cheng Yu’s Response to the Moral Crisis and the Modern Fate of Confucian China by Dadui Yao

“…The First Sino-Japanese War led to the Qing government’s Hundred Days Reform, initiated by Kang Youwei in 1898. …”
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Translation, Colonization, and the Fall of Utopia: The Qing Decline as Explained through Chinese Fiction by William C. Hedberg

“…This interest in expansion and colonization took on new significance against the backdrop of the First Sino-Japanese War, which bisected the publication of the translation and was explicitly addressed in both Mori’s commentary to the novel and the publishers’ marketing of the translation itself. …”
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The political relations between China and Korea during Qing dynasty (1882-1895) : the study on the “yi-yi-zhi-yi” diplomatic strategy by Park, Soo Bin

“…It is an undoubted turning point of the Qing-Chosŏn (Sino-Korean) relations until the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). This period reconstructs the narrative of Sino-Korean tributary relations within the context of new international order and relations. …”
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从《红礁画桨录》的“知识女性”形象看林纾女权观 = A study on Lin Shu's perspective of feminism : through the representation of the 'intellectual women' in his translation of "Beatrice"... by 黄盈芳 Ng, Ying Fang

“…However, even with years of effort of upgrading their military arms, it was a fruitless attempt. The First Sino-Japanese war in 1894 had once again proven China’s failure in her attempt to empower herself. …”
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