war The nation that wins a war may insist on being paid compensations for the costs of the war, even after having been the instigator of the war. Following the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895, the Treaty of Shimonoseki required that China pay Japan the sum of 200,000,000 taels. Following the massacres of foreigners during the Boxer Rebellion, the defeated Qing Empire were to pay 450 million taels of fine silver as indemnity over a course of 39 years to the eight nations involved. Under the exchange rates at the time, this was equal to 335 million US gold dollars or £67 million. See also Double indemnity (insurance) Professional indemnity insurance Protection and indemnity insurance Political correctness Reparations (transitional justice) Legal remedy Restitution Reparation (legal) Reparations Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany, Holocaust reparations World War I reparations, made from Germany due to the signing of the Treaty of Versailles War reparations Reparations for slavery References Contract law Reparations Companies' terms of service