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May 17, 1875, Shen Baozhen, who was given the mission to tidy up Taiwan's marine defense, reported to the court regarding how to pacify the aboriginals and developing the mountain areas. After the Mudan Incident, Shen recognized the links between the aboriginal governing and marine defense, thus he positively paid energies on this issue. In fact, before it there had been over one century's history for immigrant Chinese and aboriginals to communicate, especially about issue of the land's rights. For details you may refer to our research finding: Chen Chiu-kun, Taiwan’s Aboriginal Proprietary Rights in the Ch’ing Period: Bureaucracy, Han Tenants and the Transformation of Property Rights of the Anli Tribe, 1700-1895.
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