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is a beautify island home to over twenty two million
Chinese of various ethnic and provincial backgrounds. IT
was a protectorate of the Chinese Empire in 1206 and became
a province of China in 1885. The Dutch Invaded Taiwan in 1624 and remained as
colonists for 37 years. The Spanish invaded in 1626, but
were driven out by the Dutch in 1642. Taiwan was restored
to Chinese mainland during the Ming Dynasty (1661) after
the victory of General Cheng Cheng-kung. The Japanese
occupied Taiwan from 1895-unit the end of WWII in 1945. The
Republic of China (ROC) was established on the mainland in
1912. Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founding father, created a
government "of the people, by the people, and for the
people" to replace the China dynasty. The nationalist
government moved to Taiwan in 1949 and took jurisdiction
over it along with the other offshore islands of Kinmen,
Matsu and Penghu.
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