Showing How Taiwan Became Chinese: Dutch, Spanish, and Han Colonization in the Seventeenth Century (Gutenberg-e) by Tonio Andrade

How Taiwan Became Chinese Tells how Europeans managed to establish colonies throughout the globe not because of technological superiority but because their states sponsored overseas colonialism whereas Asian states did not. This book shows how European trade, protection, and occupation played a central role in Taiwan's colonization and incorporation by the Chinese empire. Full description