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Gu Xianrong was a Chinese collaborator with the Japanese in colonial [[Taiwan]].

Gu Xianrong was a Chinese collaborator with the Japanese in colonial [[Taiwan]].

A local merchant on Taiwan, he infiltrated the Japanese navy as it arrived, and as [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] forces withdrew, offering to help aid the Japanese in taking [[Taipei]]. Though [[Mizuno Jun]], [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]], was initially skeptical towards Gu and suspected him of being a Chinese spy, in the end, Mizuno accepted Gu's aid. The two would work together a number of times from then on, and Gu played a key role in getting a bronze statue of Mizuno erected in Taipei's Maruyama Park.

A local merchant on Taiwan, he infiltrated the Japanese navy as it arrived, and as [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] forces withdrew, offering to help aid the Japanese in taking [[Taipei]]. Though [[Mizuno Jun]], [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]], was initially skeptical towards Gu and suspected him of being a Chinese spy, in the end, Mizuno accepted Gu's aid.

 

Gu continued to work closely with Mizuno afterward, accompanying him back to Tokyo in December that same year; this was Gu's first trip to mainland Japan. He was presented a formal award for his role in the suppression of resistance on Taiwan, and attended inspection tours of factories and the like, as well as the opening ceremony of the [[National Diet]].

 

Gu later played a key role in getting bronze statues of Mizuno and of [[Kodama Gentaro|Kodama Gentarô]] (fourth [[Governor-General of Taiwan]]) erected in Taipei.

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