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What I meant was, didn’t the “Chinese people” (deliberately put in quotes) think of Taiwan as part of China? Japan took over Taiwan from China, didn’t it? As
by skh 8y ago
What I meant was, didn’t the “Chinese people” (deliberately put in quotes) think of Taiwan as part of China? Japan took over Taiwan from China, didn’t it? As far as I know the PRC has always thought of Taiwan as part of China and I don’t think that will change soon. Thank you for the links.
- YorkshireSeason 8y agoAlmost all Taiwanese citizens are descendants of people who migrated from the mainland. Note that Taiwan became an island only about 10000 years ago, when the sea levels rose. Taiwan was joined to the mainland before. In the 17th century various European powers (Spain, Portugal, Dutch) sought to dominate Taiwan, but were eventually expelled, when the Qing dynasty (the last imperial dynasty of China) annexed Taiwan in 1683. That rule ended with the Qing's defeat in First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) [1]. Taiwan was ceded to Japan on 17 April 1895. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War