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> Western nations colonized the island of Taiwan, which had a native population, China didn't - it wasn't interested. I don't think any Western country settled
by forapurpose 8y ago
> Western nations colonized the island of Taiwan, which had a native population, China didn't - it wasn't interested.
I don't think any Western country settled Taiwan, ever. The Netherlands controlled it for ~40 years in the 17th century, but that's as close as it comes. Taiwan was a frontier of China, with a native population, for much of history. Exiles of all sorts would set up there.
Japan (not a Western country) effective forced China to cede it at the end of the 19th century, and ruled Taiwan until losing it in WWII.
A few years later, the latest exiles, the Nationalists, fled there upon losing the civil war with the Communists. The government they created has controlled Taiwan since then.
- Nomentatus 8y agoOther Western nations came in after that. Interesting history. Then finally China and Japan got interested. I've read a book entirely devoted to the history of the island.
- forapurpose 8y ago> Other Western nations came in after that. Which ones and when? I'm pretty certain that isn't the case.
- Nomentatus 8y agoSpain had colonized it earlier still. But my point of course was that the Europeans were the first colonizers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Formosa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Formosa
- forapurpose 8y agoIt was at essentially the same time and they were driven out by the Dutch, and thus didn't seem worth mentioning. Regarding the rest, I stand by what I said above.
- Nomentatus 8y agoSo I said colonizing; were you just vehemently agreeing the whole time, and "settlement" to you means "mass migration?"