HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Koxinga, Kaohsiung Incident, Taiwan Journal
Document Summary
The person who kicked the dutch out of taiwan. Late 1800 twain playing more important affairs in foreign trade. Beginning 1861, series of treaties between chia and western countries led to formal opening of taiwan. People would bee greeted by aboriginals and would be killed and beheaded. France intended to annex all of indo china. Taiwan could no longer be a place of banishment. 1887, elevated taiwan"s status from a prefecture to a state. Goal: turn into a model of aggressive confucian state. First city in the chinese world with electricity. Show west that japan deserved to be their equal. Appointed president of the republic flag of fermosa. China was not in support but they could not do anything. 2. 3% of the population was ;eft for china. How intrusive was the japanese colonial rule into the everyday lives of the. Initially viewed as a site of settlement then reality set as a site of occupation.
