Key Treaties on Display at Taipei Guest House: Treaty of Shimonoseki, Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, Cairo Declaration

By MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network, Li Xinyi, compiled and reported

 

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the enforcement of the “Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty” (also known as the Sino-Japanese Treaty), which marked the end of the state of war between the Republic of China and Japan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National History Museum are holding a 60th Anniversary Historical Exhibition of the Sino-Japanese Treaty at Taipei Guest House from now until the 19th. The exhibition will display original copies of key historical documents including the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, as well as the closely related Treaty of Shimonoseki, Cairo Declaration, Potsdam Proclamation, and Japanese Instrument of Surrender.

The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty was signed on April 28, 1952, and came into effect on August 5 of the same year. The main contents of the treaty include: Japan renouncing all rights, titles, and claims to Taiwan, the Pescadores Islands, as well as the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands; all treaties, conventions, and agreements concluded between China and Japan prior to December 9, 1941 (the official date of China’s declaration of war against Japan) being rendered null and void due to the war; and the restoration of ROC nationality to the people of Taiwan and the Pescadores.

The exhibition will be open to the public free of charge from August 6 to August 19, for a total of 14 days, between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. The Taipei Guest House is a national historic site; bringing food or drinks into the building or its grounds is prohibited. All displayed items are historical documents, and photography is not allowed on site. To protect the historic structure, visitor numbers will be limited.

 

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