Intelligence Activities Of The Japanese Merchant In China And The Relations Between China And Japan

China and Japan are close neighbours separated only by a strip of water.Under the influence of long history of friendly exchanges,there are many similarities in East Asian culture.Between the two countries there are both positive and negative aspects of cultural exchanges,and there are also the unfortunate aspects of the outbreak of.war and armed aggression in modern history.The Meiji government established in modern Japan after the Meiji Restoration was premised on the intention to amend the unequal treaties between Europe and the United States.At that time,Japan successfully established its superior position as an independent country in handling diplomatic relations between the Qing government and the Korea.However,Japan,which was ambitioned by Korea and the Ryukyu Kingdom at that time,and China,in order to continue to maintain its dominant position,carried out various pre-war preparations based on military expansion.Therefore,the Meiji government initially concluded an equal diplomatic treaty with the Qing government,realized the priority on the diplomatic status of Korea,and began to negotiate with the Qing government.Since the signing of the "Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty"in 1871,China and Japan have really established diplomatic relations and started trade relations.In modern times,China and Japan were able to conclude formal diplomatic relations,and according to the treaty,Japanese businessmen were formally allowed to free trade.For example,the details and changes of China’s policies and regulations,customs customs conditions,local customs,and the distribution of wells were continuously collected and summarized in real time,and were quickly transmitted to Japan for official use by Japanese authorities in the form of formal diplomatic reports and documents.Accurately grasp the status of the alignment,and on this basis,Japan can promptly improve domestic production and adjust its export strategy so as to formulate an accurate economic policy and strategic plan.It can be said that Japan’ s previous surveys and intelligence gatherings played a crucial role in the preparations for the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War.In modern Japan,taking the Meiji Restoration as an opportunity,it embarked on the road of "producing industries,building industries,and making nations rich and strong." In just a few decades,Japan not only rescued Japan from the Western colonial crisis,but also strengthened its market position in China and formed competition with European and American powers,and divided the Chinese market.In fact,the original direct purpose of the Meiji era was to promote and develop Japan’s foreign trade.However,with the continuous deepening of economic surveys and the continuous improvement of the national strength,the survey of China has expanded from the economic aspect to other aspects.Therefore,it not only serves to expand its trade business in China,but also gradually evolves into a system of investigation activities and comprehensiveness.The investigation data is summarized into books and books,large-scale training and dispatching of relevant personnel and preparation of military preparations for the Sino-K Make a pave.This article takes the relationship between China and Japan as the subject matter,and takes the information before and after the first Sino-Japanese Treaty of Refurbishment between the China and Japan to the beginning of the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894 as the center.Through reference and analysis of the Japanese diplomatic documents and publications at that time,A review of the specific contents of commercial activities conducted by Japanese companies in China at the time was conducted,and the Meiji government’ s policy on Qing’ s political diplomacy was analyzed and examined.Therefore,by studying this issue,we can not only clarify the relationship between the activities of the Japanese business group in China and the Meiji government’s orientation toward the Qing policy,but also further analyze the different characteristics of the relations between the two countries in various fields.connection relation.It finally clarified the decisive influence on Japan’s Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War.The purpose of this paper is to focus on Sino-Japanese relations because it is clear that before the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War,the fact that Japan’s clubs,merchants,and organizations organized in and out of the Qing dynasty actually played a role in collecting so-called important intelligence during the so-called commercial activities in the Qing dynasty.A clear understanding of the Japanese military’s military intelligence activities during the period and the actual identity of the relevant entities will further illustrate the Japanese government’s preparedness for combat in China.