Taiwan

Taiwan has always been inalienable from the Chinese mainland. Although development in Taiwan began later than in China's coastal provinces, the island early developed overseas trade relations. In its modern history, foreign invasion and plunder of the island has left traces of colonialism on its process of economic development. The history of Taiwan can be divided into the following stages: its ancient period; its early development from the Three Kingdoms (220-280) to the early Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368); its development during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Dutch colonial rule (1624-1662); its development during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and Japanese colonial rule (1895-1945), and from 1945 onwards.

Taiwan was part of mainland land mass 30,000-20,000 years ago, when the primitive people of Taiwan, mainland Zuozhen Man, were already living there. When the sea level rose during the Ice Age 15,000 years ago, the land link between Taiwan and the mainland was submerged.

In July 1980, archaeologists in Taiwan exhumed a large number of stone coffins in Pinan Township, Taidong County. Many of the stone utensils, jade ware, and pottery shards uncovered on this site were those used by inhabitants 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. Date authentication of these artifacts and research into the cultural characteristics of these early dwellers indicate that they bore a strong resemblance to the primitive Yuepu people from the southern mainland. Based on these findings, Taiwan's "Research Society into the Sources of Historical Sites" announced that Taiwan's cultural source is the mainland. The earliest settlers in Taiwan came directly from the southeastern coast of China's mainland.
Zheng Chenggong is known as a great national hero of China for his recovering Taiwan Island from Netherlands invaders in 17 century.

At that time, China was controlled by late Ming Dynasty which was replaced by Qing Dynasty before long. At the same time, Netherlands colonist occupied Taiwan with force, the territory of China.