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May 21, 1895, Taiwan's gentlemen and people decided to establish an independent republic, and soon announced to countries in the world. Four days later, Republic of Formosa was formally born. Soon later Japan seized Taiwan with military power. After a long term colonization, Japanese was astonished to find out that the Taiwanese people was not assimilated to Japan to the least bit. This phenomenon is related to the issue of identity and worth deep explorations. For details you may refer to our conference paper: Yin Chang-i, "The Formation and Development of the 'Taiwan identity'-- From the Aspect of History", collected in Collected Articles from the Conference “Identity and the State: A Comparison of China and the West in Modern Period”.
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