History of Taiwan
Taiwan is a sovereign state and centrally located near the middle of New Taipei City is it's capitol Taipei. It's history begins with the Taiwanese aborigines as they were the original inhabitants of the land solely living on the island for approximately as long as 8,000 years until the 17th century whence came the Age of Discovery. During that time the Spanish had built a small settlement but were quickly forced off the island by the Dutch in 1642, as the Dutch East India Company had colonized the land and established a stronghold by the name of Fort Zeelandia in Anping, Tainan. Then 20 years later a pro-Ming loyalist by the name of Koxinga established the first Han Chinese polity and expelled the Dutch from the land, however he was defeated shortly thereafter by the Qing dynasty of China who annexed the island. In 1895, Taiwan was ceded to Japan and 50 years later brought World War II hostilities to an end by surrendering and was finally claimed by the Republic of China. After the Chinese Civil War loss in 1949, Kuomintang the leader of the ROC at the time had relocated its government to Taiwan becoming ruled by a single-party state until the 1980s reformation that led to a democratic rule. Relocating their government has caused them to lose its membership and recognition from the UN and all other countries to the People's Republic of China. Today Taiwan is lead by their president Ma Ying-jeou.