The Debates of Li Hongzhang and Mutsu Munemitsu on the 'Korean Problem' during the First Sino-Japanese War: From the Perspective of Competition between 'Eastern Empires' in the Context of Regional Order Imaginations

• In Event: Great Powers and Hegemony

Brief Overview

This study reevaluates the debate on the “Korean Problem” during the First Sino-Japanese War, emphasizing it as a clash between fundamentally different Eastern entities, not just a conflict of the East and the West.

Author

• Minsoo Kim, Seoul National University