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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Kowshing incident canonical 1

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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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Chinese transport Kowshing → event → Kowshing incident ⓘ