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General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
General Hall
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Ln. 618, Zhongzheng Rd., Hualien City, Hualien City, Taiwan

Taiwan was under Japanese rule between 1895 and 1945 in which the island of Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan, after Qing China lost the First Sino-Japanese War to Japan and ceded Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. The short-lived Republic of Formosa resistance movement ended to no avail when it was suppressed by Japanese troops. The fall of Tainan ended organized resistance to Japanese occupation, and inaugurated five decades of Japanese rule. The annexation of Taiwan into the Japanese Empire can be viewed as Japan's first steps in implementing their Southern Expansion Doctrine of the late 19th century. Taiwan was Japan's first overseas colony. Japanese intentions were to turn the island into a showpiece model colony. As a result, much effort was made to improve the island's economy, industry and public works, and to change its culture. These efforts also served to support the necessities of the war machine of Japanese military aggression in the Asia-Pacific. After the defeat and surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, Taiwan was placed under the control of the Republic of China with the issuing of General Order No. 1. Japan formally renounced rights to Taiwan in April 1952. The experience of Japanese rule, ROC rule and the February 28 massacre of 1947 continues to affect issues such as Taiwan Retrocession Day, national identity, ethnic identity, and the formal Taiwan independence movement.
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