The Sino Japanese War at Sea

The SinoJapanese War at Sea 1894 is a 2012 Chinese historical war film directed and written by Feng Xiaoning, starring Lu Yi, Xia Yu and others. It is based on the events in the First SinoJapanese War of 18941895, with emphasis on the naval battles and the career of the Chinese naval officer Deng Shichang. The film premiered in China at the International Convention Centre in Weihai, Shandong, onJune 2012.

A young Deng Shichang enrols in the Fujian Naval Academy, where he meets his future colleagues such as Liu Buchan and Fang Boqian. In 1877, Liu, Fang and others travel to Britain to further their studies at the Royal Naval College in London while Deng remains in China. Some years later, Deng visits his classmates in London and meets It Sukeyuki, who is also studying there.The Guangxu Emperor wants to modernise and reform China but his efforts are hindered by Empress Dowager Cixi, who effectively controls the emperor and the Qing government. The Qing Empires Beiyang Fleet is formed in the 1880s and is one of the largest naval fleets in Asia at the time. In 1886, after the Nagasaki Incident breaks out, the Meiji Emperor of Japan feels threatened by the Beiyang Fleets prowess, so he initiates a plan to develop and enhance the capabilities of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Meanwhile, in China, the state funds originally designated for upgrading the Beiyang Fleet are used to renovate the Summer Palace to celebrate the empress dowagers 60th birthday. ........

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