The complex nature of Sino-Japanese relationship Part 3 Japan and China fought two wars in the last 150 years. Japan and China were both traditional and almost closed country in the 1850s.Both of them launched reforms in the 1860s. In Japanese history,the Meiji Restoration(1868-1912) was a period of political,social,economic and militarily reforms.This period saw Japan change from being a feudal society to having a market economy and was responsible for the emergence of Japan as a modern country in the early twentieth century [3] . In China,Qing dynasty was in its final days when the Self-Strengthening Movement(1861 – 1895) was launched.This movement was mainly focus on industrial,militarily,and educational reforms.And the defeat of China in the First Sino-Japanese War marked the total failure of this movement. The First Sino-Japanese War [4] (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought primarily over control of Korea,which was a vassal state of Qing Empire of China.And China suffered a humiliating defeat.The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed on 17 April 1895. The Qing Empire recognized the total independence of Korea and ceded the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan and Penghu Islands to Japan "in perpetuity". In Chinese history textbooks,the Treaty of Shimonoseki was described as unequal treaty.I believe that many educated Chinese know the existence of this war. The Second Sino-Japanese War(July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945),known as Anti-Japan War in China,is far more famous in China than the first one.Chinese people suffered a lot during this war. Many Chinese TV series depict this war. Japanese army and people in these TV series often seemed foolish,weak or brutal.Shi Zhongpeng often act as a Japanese solider.He said that his secret was acting as creepy as possible [5] .Actually,Japanese army was better trained and equipped than Chinese army. Some Chinese people failed in distinguishing current Japan and the World War Two Japan.This maybe the reason why some Chinese dislike Japan.