Digmaang Tsino-Pranses

Ang Digmaang Tsino-Pranses (, , ), kilala rin bilang Digmaang Tonkin o Digmaang TonquinSee, for example, Anonymous, "Named To Be Rear Admiral: Eventful and Varied Career of 'Sailor Joe' Skerrett," The New York Times, April 19, 1894. ay isang alitang nagpasiya kung papalitan ba ng Pransiya ang Tsina bilang kapangyarihang mananaig sa Tonkin (hilagang Vietnam). Bagaman higit na naging mahusay ang hukbong Tsino sa naturang digmaan kaysa sa mga digmaang kinasangkutan nito noong ika-19 na siglo,Bruce A. Elleman (2001). Modern Chinese warfare, 1795-1989 (illustrated ed.). Psychology Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-415-21474-2. Retrieved 2012-01-18. "who had been in Tonkin for only three months, took command. He immediately ordered the evacuation of Lang Són. Although Herbinger may have been retiring to the more strongly fortified positions further south, the retreat seemed to many to be the result of panic. Widely interpreted as a Chinese victory, the Qing forces were able to capture the strategic northern city of Lang Són and the surrounding territory by early April 1885. China's forces now dominated the battefield, but fighting ended on 4 April 1885 as a result of peace negotiations. China sued for peace because Britain and Germany had not offered assistance as Beijing had hoped, and Russia and Japan threatened china's northern borders. Meanwhile, China's economy was injured by the French "naval interdiction of the seaborne rich trade."197 Negotiations between Li Hongzhang and the French minister in China were concluded in June 1885. Although Li did not have to admit fault for starting the war, Beijing did recognize all of the French treaties with Annam that turned it into a French protectorate." nakamit naman ng mga Pranses ang karamihan sa kanilang layunin.Twitchett, Cambridge History of China, xi. 251; Chere, 188–90; Eastman, 200–205

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Kategorya:Kasaysayan ng Tsina
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