"""""""""""""""""""""Of course, then you were also the one arguing the point that the Japanese soldiers during WWII were nice guys""""""""""""""""""""
I felt compelled to give you yet another history lesson. Here are the facts. No need to argue. You have no clue what you are talking about Taiwan history. Japanese then had done a lot better jobs to Taiwan than your current CCP ruling over China for the last 50 years. Yet you are worshiping CCP. Well. I know you are connected.
en.wikipedia.org
I can find more links talking about the same things. Please learn facts. Japanese soldiers' brutality in WWII has nothing to do with how local Taiwanese felt about Japanese ruling then in WWII. People like my mom had to escape from US airplane air raids then. And you agree with CCP raid Taiwan. Ahhhh. barbarians never changed. You certainly can claim yourself to be a Tobago citizen.
<<<Japanese Rule>>>
A 1912 map of Japan with Taiwan, which was part of the Empire of Japan from 1895 to 1945.After receiving sovereignty of Taiwan, the Japanese feared military resistance from both Taiwanese and Aborigines who followed the establishment by the local elite of the short-lived Republic of Formosa. Taiwan's elite hoped that by declaring themselves a republic the world would not stand by and allow a sovereign state to be invaded by the Japanese, thereby allying with the Qing. The plan quickly turned to chaos as standard Green troops and ethnic Yue soldiers took to looting and pillage. Given the choice between chaos at the hands of Chinese or submission to the Japanese, the Taipei elite sent Ku Hsien-rong to Keelung to invite the advancing Japanese forces to proceed to Taipei and restore order.
The Taiwanese resistance was sporadic, yet at times fierce, but was largely crushed by 1902, although relatively minor rebellions occurred in subsequent years. Aboriginal resistance to the heavy-handed Japanese policies of acculturation and pacification lasted up until the early 1930s. The last major Aboriginal rebellion, the Wushe Uprising in late 1930 by the Sediq people angry over their treatment while laboring in the burdensome job of camphor extraction, launched the last headhunting party in which over 150 Japanese officials were killed and beheaded during the opening ceremonies of a school. The uprising, led by Mona Rudao, was crushed by 2,000-3,000 Japanese troops and Aboriginal auxiliaries with the help of poison gas.
Japanese colonization of the island fell under three stages. It began with an oppressive period of crackdown and paternalistic rule, then a doka (??) period of segregation, and finally, during World War II, a period of 'kominka (???), a policy which aimed to turn Taiwanese into loyal subjects of the Japanese emperor.
Bank of Taiwan established in 1897 headquatered in Taipei.Initial infrastructural development took place quickly. The Bank of Taiwan was established in 1899 to encourage Japanese private sectors, including Mitsubishi and the Mitsui Group, to invest in Taiwan. In 1900, the third Taiwan Governor-General passed a budget which initiated the building of Taiwan's railroad system from Keelung to Kaohsiung. By 1905 the island had electric power supplied by water power in Sun-Moon Lake, and in subsequent years Taiwan was considered the second-most developed region of East Asia (after Japan). By 1905, Taiwan was financially self-sufficient and had been weaned off of subsidies from Japan's central government.
Under the governor Shinpei Goto's rule, many major public works projects were completed. The Taiwan rail system connecting the south and the north and the modernizations of Keelung and Kaohsiung ports were completed to facilitate transport and shipping of raw material and agricultural products. Exports increased by four-fold. 55% of agricultural land was covered by dam-supported irrigation systems. Food production had increased four-fold and sugar cane production had increased 15-fold between 1895 to 1925 and Taiwan became a major foodbasket serving Japan's industrial economy. The health care system was widely established and infectious diseases were almost completely eradicated. The average lifespan for a Taiwanese resident would become 60 years by 1945.
In October 1935, the Governor-General of Taiwan held an "Exposition to Commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Beginning of Administration in Taiwan," which served as a showcase for the achievements of Taiwan's modernization process under Japanese rule. This attracted worldwide attention, including the Republic of China's KMT regime which sent the Japanese-educated Chen Yi to attend the affair. He expressed his admiration about the efficiency of Japanese government in developing Taiwan, and commented on how lucky the Taiwanese were to live under such effective administration. Somewhat ironically, Chen Yi would later become the ROC's first Chief Executive of Taiwan, who would be infamous for the corruption that occurred under his watch.
The later period of Japanese rule saw a local elite educated and organized. During the 1930s several home rule groups were created at a time when others around the world sought to end colonialism. In 1935, the Taiwanese elected their first group of local legislators. By March 1945, the Japanese legislative branch hastily modified election laws to allow Taiwanese representation in the Japanese Diet.
See also
Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945), List of Governor-General of Taiwan,Structure of the Taiwan Army of Japan
As Japan embarked on full-scale war in China in 1937, it expanded Taiwan's industrial capacity to manufacture war materiel. By 1939, industrial production had exceeded agricultural production in Taiwan. At the same time, the "kominka" project was put under way to eliminate potential sympathies for the Chinese nationalist causes on the mainland and to instill the "Japanese Spirit" in Taiwanese residents, turning them into loyal subjects of the Japanese Emperor. Compulsory measures including Japanese-language education, the adoption of Japanese names, and the worship of Japanese religion were instituted. In 1943, 94% of the children received 6-year compulsory education. From 1937 to 1945, 126,750 Taiwanese joined and served in the military of the Japanese Empire, while a further 80,433 were conscripted between 1942 to 1945. Of the sum total, 30,304, or 15%, died in Japan's war in Asia.
In 1942, after the US entered in war against Japan and on the side of China, the Chinese government under the KMT renounced all treaties signed with Japan before that date and made Taiwan's return to China (as with Manchuria) one of the wartime objectives. In the Cairo Conference of 1943, the Allied Powers declared the return of Taiwan to China as one of several Allied demands. In 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered and ended its rule in Taiwan.
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""""""""""You forget, China has already collapsed.""""""""
Wow. News. What are you talking about????????
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""""""""""hoping against desperate wish, while worshipping a man who had betrayed all his past colleagues and friends ... and that is""""""""""""""""
What are you talking about? You definitely are not waking up yet. Who did I worship? |
