19세기 후반 일본의 琉球병탄과 淸과의 영토분쟁 처리 = 琉球 분할소유 방안을 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In 1879 Japan annexed Ryukyu Kingdom and renamed it Okinawa Prefecture. But Chinese Goverment strongly protested against Japanese action, saying that they were ready to carry out military intervention.
Japanese leaders wanted to avoid war because of military inferiority. General Grant- ex-president of U.S - meditated the conflicting Sino-Japanese claims over Ryukyu Islands.
It was Japanese leaders that suggested the plan of dividing Ryukyu Islands. Japanese foreign Minister-Inoue Kaoru thought that Japan can cede two islands of Ryukyu to China, instead of it Japan can acquire the treaty revision from China.
Li Hung-chang expected that by obtaining two islands of Ryukyu Islands, China can restore Ryukyu Kingdom at those islands and can aboid war with Japan.
The delegates of two countries met in Peking and after two months' discussion, on 21 October 1880, agreed on a treaty. But Chinese leader rejected the ratification of the Ryukyu division treaty, therefore this treaty was not realized.
After 1881, Japanese authorities renegotiated secretly with China on Ryukyu problems. But it ended in failure. Japan possessed Taiwan by Sino-Japanese war in 1894-95. Therefore Ryukyu eventually became subject to Japanese territory.