In 1908, Qing customs officials boarded the Japanese steamship Tatsu Maru to seize weapons allegedly earmarked for revolutionaries. The ship’s captain objected. The drawn-out diplomatic dispute that followed made international headlines.
Read the article by James Carter: https://thechinaproject.com/2022/02/02/the-tatsu-maru-incident-in-the-waning-years-of-the-qing/
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