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» The Republic of Formosa, officially the "Taiwan Republic," shouldn't be confused with the proposed nation-state, "Republic of Taiwan."
The
Republic of Formosa (; lit. "Taiwan Democratic State"; official English name:
Formosan Republic,
Taiwan Republic) was a short-lived
republic that existed on the island of
Taiwan in
1895, between the formal cession of Taiwan by the
Qing Dynasty to the
Empire of Japan by the
Treaty of Shimonoseki and the arrival of Japanese troops and assumption of Japanese sovereignty. Though sometimes claimed by certain historians or politicians as the
first Asian republic to have been proclaimed, it was predated by the
Lanfang Republic, which had been established in
1777.
The republic was proclaimed by a group of pro-Qing high officials and members of the local gentry in order to, it was hoped, prevent Japanese acquisition of Taiwan which China had just ceded to Japan under the
Treaty of Shimonoseki. Many of these officials fled the island upon Japan's invasion. On
May 24,
1895 an English translation of its declaration of independence was sent to all the embassies on the island, followed by a ceremony
the next day. It managed to issue
stamps under the auspices of the republic. From the onset, the founders of the republic made it clear that their actions were out of loyalty to the Qing and declared themselves to be
tributaries of the Qing state.
In spite of the similarity in name, modern-day proponents of a "
Republic of Taiwan" (as part of the
Taiwan independence movement) tend to disavow a connection between the two, thus neither claiming a revival of that entity nor regarding themselves as political offspring of that movement. The reason for this is that the first Republic of Taiwan was created as an act of loyalty to a government of
China while modern supporters of the Republic of Taiwan tend to wish to distance themselves from China.
Presidents of the Republic of Formosa (Taiwan)
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