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Step-by-step explanation:
Cutting off the Liaodong Peninsula, Taiwan, and Penghu Islands to Japan not only reduced a large area of territory to Japanese colonies, but also seriously weakened China's national defense, facilitating Japan's further aggression against China.
The huge compensation not only increased the burden on the Chinese people, but also exacerbated the financial and economic crisis of the Qing government. In order to repay the reparations, the Qing government had to heavily borrow foreign debt, while the imperialist countries further controlled the Qing government through loans with strict conditions, making it more dependent on imperialism. At the same time, this indemnity also strengthened Japan's aggressive power.
The opening of the four trading ports is tantamount to opening China's richest Yangtze River basin and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to Japan as well as other imperialists, facilitating their dumping of goods and plundering of raw materials.
Allowing Japan to open factories in China directly hinders the development of China's national industry. At the same time, the treaty provisions also reflect the imperialist requirements for China's export of capital. The export of capital inevitably leads to the division of "spheres of influence" and the forced rent of "leased land" in China. Therefore, the Treaty of Shimonoseki has greatly deepened the semi colonization of Chinese society.