On May 23, 1895, the Taiwanese declared independence through the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Formosa. A few weeks earlier, on April 17 1895, the Qing Dynasty government in Beijing, ...

The last two “Taiwan in Time” columns detailed the Hakka-led resistance against the Japanese colonizers in Taoyuan, Hsinchu ...

BACKGROUND FOR WAR Formosa, an island about 100 miles off the South China coast, is slightly larger than Maryland. Two-thirds of Formosa is covered with tropical forest—banyans, Japanese ...

European colonisation was harsh and lasted only a few decades. After the Qing dynasty overthrew the Ming dynasty in China in 1644, adherents of the deposed regime fled to Formosa.

FORMOSA Ten Years Later One bitter December afternoon in 1949, as the Communists swarmed down through southwest China, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, wearing a long Chinese gown, a grey felt hat and ...

With Scotland opting to remain within the United Kingdom, in a divisive referendum, several governments in this part of the world must be quite relieved. Secessionist movements, some peaceful ...

On this day in 1955, the House approved a resolution authorizing the president to defend Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores (Penghu) Islands off the Chinese coast.

On this day in 1955, the House approved a resolution requested to authorize the president to defend Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores Islands against the threat of a Communist Chinese attack.