今年是《马关条约》割让台湾一百二十周年,同时也是台湾回归中国七十周年。当年割让台湾之际,出席签约的头等全权大臣李鸿章,曾试图以无条件让出台湾的治权来挽回主权,可惜为日方代表伊藤博文识破,未能成功。内中隐秘鲜有人道及,但它却反映在《马关条约》的中、日、英三种条约文本里,仔 This year marks the one hundred and twenty anniversary of Taiwan ceded by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the seventieth anniversary of Taiwan’s return to China. At the time of the cession of Taiwan, the first Plenipotentiary Minister Li Hongzhang, attending the signing of the contract, had tried to restore Taiwan’s sovereignty unconditionally by dismissing Taiwan’s power. Unfortunately, it failed to see the Japanese representative Ito Takayoshi’s breakthrough. However, it is reflected in the treaty texts of China, Japan and Britain in the Treaty of Shimonoseki