Taiwan Independence Movements during the Japanese Control

Even though Archipelago of Pescadore, which belongs to Taiwan today, had been a part of Chian, Taiwan did not become Chinese territory until Chin dynasty conquered the Koxinga's regime on Taiwan in 1693. During the Chin dynasty control, Taiwan was a domestic colony for 212 years and was given to Japan in 1895.Taiwan became a Japanese colony for the next 50 years. In 1895, the Taiwanese declared the establishment of the Taiwan Democratic Republic, but its original intention was …

…had used the "Independence of Taiwan" as the slogan. For example, the Taiwan Communist Party, which was formed in 1928, had the overthrow of the Japanese imperialist control of Taiwan and the establishment of an independent Taiwan as a part of the party constitution. Moreover, Mao Tse-tung, in an interview with Edgar Snow on July 16, 1936, stated that the Chinese Communist Party would assist the Taiwanese as well as the Koreans in their anti-Japanese struggle for independence.