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I'm Chinese missiles are dangerously flying over Taiwan, and China's armed forces are conducting

military exercises near the island, an exercise that could turn into a full-scale invasion

by the army of communist China and result in a third world war for all mankind.

What was the history of China's relations with Taiwan, and why did such tensions arise between the two countries?

Taiwan before Chinese rule.

The first attempts by the Chinese authorities to incorporate Taiwan were made in 610.

Later, however, these lands fell under Japanese rule, local pirates, or returned to

Chinese territory. Before the 17th century, the majority of Taiwan's population was Austronesian. Chinese

craftsmen, pirates, and traitors made up only a small proportion of the population. Initially,

in the era of geographic discoveries,

the island was under Portuguese rule and was named Formosa. Subsequently, the Dutch East

India Company established itself on the southern coast, and the Spanish established themselves

on the northern edge. The Dutch desire to get rid of their trade rivals and sworn enemies,

spurred them to war with the Spanish colony of Taiwan,

and culminated in a victory for the Dutch in 1642.

The Dutch colonists developed a network of rice and sugar plantations,

and also used Formosa as a trading base in the Pacific.

Chinese Civil War

By contrast, China itself was in turmoil at this time, with several massive uprisings and

the overthrow of the corrupt Qing Dynasty in 1912.

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