Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Kupfuura: Pana March 28, 1894, mumwe mutsinhiri weKorea aifarira Japan, Kim Ok-gyun, akapondwa muShanghai. Kim akanga atizira kuJapan pashure pokubatanidzwa kwake mukubvuta hurumende kwa 1884 uye vaJapan vakanga varamba zvinodikanwa zveKorea kuti apiwe. Vazhinji vevashandi veJapan vakamuona aine mukana wekuita basa remangwana mukuvandudza kweKorea, zvisinei, vatungamiriri vehurumende yeMeiji vaive vakangwarira; mushure mekumwe kuchengetedza vakamuendesa kuBonin (Ogasawara) Islands. Pakupedzisira, akanyengedzwa kuenda kuShanghai, uko akaurayiwa nomuKorea, Hong Jong-u, mukamuri rake reimba yevaJapan mumusha wenyika dzakawanda. Pashure pokuzengurira kwenguva yakati, zviremera zveBritain muShanghai zvakagumisa kuti mitemo inorwisana nokuendeswa kune dzimwe nyika yaishanda kumutumbi uye zvakaendesa mutumbi wake kuzviremera zveChina. Mutumbi wake wakabva waendeswa mungarava yehondo yokuChina ndokudzorerwa kuKorea, kwawakagurwa-gurwa, kukamurwa-kamurwa ndokuiswa mumapurovhinzi ose eKorea seyambiro kune vamwe vanonzi vapanduki uye vatengesi. MuTokyo, hurumende yeJapan yakaona izvi sekuzvidza kunotyisa. Kuurawa kwoutsinye kwaKim Ok-gyun kwakaratidzwa naLi Hongzhang sokutengesa uye kudzokera shure kwechimiro cheJapan norukudzo. Vakuru vakuru veChina havana kungoramba kupomera muurayi wacho mhosva chete, asi akatobvumidzwa kudzokera nomuviri waKim wakanga wakakuvadzwa kuKorea, kwaakazoropafadzwa nemibayiro nerukudzo. Kupondwa kwaKim kwakanga kwaisawo mubvunzo kuzvipira kweJapan kuvatsigiri vayo veKorea. Mapurisa muTokyo akanga akanganisa kuedza kwakanga kwamboitwa mugore iroro kuuraya Pak Yung-hio, mumwe wevamwe vatungamiriri veKorea vomukira wa1884. Apo vaurayiri vaviri vanofungidzirwa kuva vokuKorea vakagamuchira utiziro paumiriri hweKorea, kwakanga kwanyandurawo hasha dzorudzidziso. Kunyange zvazvo hurumende yeJapan ingadai yakakurumidza kushandisa kuurayiwa kwaKim kuti ibatsirwe, yakagumisa kuti sezvo Kim akafira munharaunda yeChina kubata chitunha kwakanga kuri kunze kwesimba rayo. Asi kuurawa kunokatyamadza kwechiKorea kwakapisa pfungwa dzechiJapan, vazhinji munyika vakarangarira vaChinese...  Mubvunzo: Mutumbi wake wakakuvadzwa wakaurayirwa kupi?
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