{"product_id":"history-of-taiwan-von-undefined","title":"History of Taiwan","description":"\u003cp\u003eSource: Wikipedia. Pages: 97. Chapters: 228 Incident, Koxinga, Legal status of Taiwan, Dutch Formosa, Renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan after World War II, Liu Yongfu, Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa, Republic of Formosa, Timeline of Taiwanese history, Mudan Incident of 1871, Tai Chao-chuen incident, White Terror, Balangay, Battle of Baguashan, History of Kaohsiung, Battle of Keelung, Economic history of Taiwan, Taiwan Garrison Command, George Leslie Mackay, List of rulers of Taiwan, Taiwan Expedition of 1874, Pescadores Campaign, Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule, Bunun people, Revolt of the Three Feudatories, Rover incident, Project National Glory, Formosan Expedition, James W. Davidson, Kingdom of Tungning, Kingdom of Middag, Spanish Formosa, Lin Wang, Zheng Jing, Cultural history of Taiwan, Murayama Toan, Military dependents' village, Battle of Chiayi, Battle of Chiatung, Zhongli incident, Cihou Fort, Women in Taiwan, Taiwanese hot springs, History of Taipei, National Museum of History, James Laidlaw Maxwell, May 17 Statement, Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan, Wu Feng Legend, History of education in Taiwan, Shen Baozhen, Manchu people in Taiwan, Liuqiu, Sinking of the Chian-der 3, Ketagalan people, National Museum of Prehistory, Lin Ben Yuan Family, Prehistory of Taiwan, Big River, Big Sea ¿ Untold Stories of 1949, Chianan Canal, List of archaeological sites in Taiwan, United Nations Security Council Resolution 87, Guesthouses of Chiang Kai-shek, 27 Brigade, Mona Rudao, James Laidlaw Maxwell, Junior, Modern History of Taiwanese in 400 Years, Liao Tianding, Zheng Keshuang, Basay people, Ta-Chia-hsi revolt, Formosa Betrayed. Excerpt: Taiwan (excluding Penghu) was first populated by Negrito, and then Austronesian people. It was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century, followed by an influx of Han Chinese including Hakka immigrants from areas of Fujian and Guangdong of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait. The Spanish also built a settlement in the north for a brief period, but were driven out by the Dutch in 1642. The original Chinese name of the island is Taiwan, and in the past (from the 16th century) has been called Formosa by the west. In 1662, Koxinga (Zheng Cheng-gong), a loyalist of the Ming Dynasty, which had lost control of mainland China in 1644, defeated the Dutch and established a base of operations on the island. Zheng's forces were later defeated by the Qing Dynasty in 1683. From then, parts of Taiwan became increasingly integrated into the Qing Dynasty before it ceded the island to the Empire of Japan in 1895 following the First Sino-Japanese War. Taiwan produced rice and sugar to be exported to Empire of Japan and also served as a base for the Japanese colonial expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific during World War II. Japanese imperial education was implemented in Taiwan and many Taiwanese also fought for Japan during the war. In 1945, following the end of World War II, the Republic of China (ROC) led by the Kuomintang (KMT) became the governing polity on Taiwan. In 1949, after losing control of mainland China following the Chinese civil war, the ROC government under the KMT withdrew to Taiwan and Chiang Kai-shek declared martial law. Japan formally renounced all territorial rights to Taiwan in 1952 in the San Francisco Peace Treaty. The KMT ruled Taiwan as a single-party state for forty years, until democratic reforms were mandated during the final year of authoritarian ru...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781156497036\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e228 Incident, Koxinga, Legal status of Taiwan, Dutch Formosa, Renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taiwan after World War II, Liu Yongfu, Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa, Republic of Formosa, Timeline of Taiwanese history\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781156497036","offer_id":48851322962245,"sku":"9781156497036","price":25.37,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/ee80ff78-bfa7-4731-adec-fe77d03a5c6c.png?v=1726374584","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/history-of-taiwan-von-undefined","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}