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Jan 3, 2019 · Timeline: Taiwan-China relations since 1949. A look at the key dates shaping the relationship between Taipei and Beijing over the past seven decades. Pro-independence demonstrators shout...
This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic of China. See also the list of rulers of Taiwan .
Feb 1, 2019 · 1 February 2019. A chronology of key events: 1683 - China's Qing Dynasty formally annexes Taiwan, which had hitherto been divided between aboriginal kingdoms and Chinese and European...
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3] People from China gradually came into contact with Taiwan by the time of the Yuan dynasty ...
1945–present. Taiwan. History of. Taiwan portal. v. t. e. As a result of the surrender and occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the governance of the Republic of China (ROC), [note 1] ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT), on 25 October 1945. Following the February 28 massacre in 1947 ...
May 9, 2024 · The Taiwan Strait has been a site of geopolitical tensions since the end of the Chinese Civil War (1945–49) and the retreat of Chiang Kai-shek ’s government and army to Taiwan (formerly Formosa) and nearby islands.
Below is a curated overview of key historical moments and developments in Taiwan’s history. We hope this will give visitors a structure which they can flesh out with further reading and study, or a basic framework to position Taiwan’s history in both a regional and wider global context.
