So, Taiwan Has Been Chinese For Two Millennia? Let’s Check the History - our must read if interested in the region and in the issue of historic revisionism.
He expelled the Dutch from the island by force and established rule by his family, known as the Kingdom of Tungning, in the southwestern corner of Taiwan in 1662.
“In 1683, the Kangxi Emperor said specifically that ‘Taiwan is outside our empire and of no great consequence’ and even offered to have the Dutch buy it back,” wrote van der Wees.in August 2022 that “even after its partial annexation in 1684, the Qing treated the island as a dangerous frontier, notable mainly for its wild ‘aborigines’ and deadly diseases.
Taiwanese people organized resistance to Japanese colonial rule and declared an independent Formosa Republic that was short-lived. According to Hayton, the Chinese showed no appetite to “restore” Taiwan to mainland control during the Japanese rule.
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