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The island of [[Taiwan]] is home to numerous indigenous (aboriginal) peoples. Though today representing only a very small percentage of the predominantly [[Han Chinese]] population, ...

The island of [[Taiwan]] is home to numerous indigenous (aboriginal) peoples. Though today representing only a very small percentage of the predominantly [[Han Chinese]] population, they number a sizable 520,000 people in total, and are widely represented in Taiwanese governmental discourse and tourism promotional materials as

Though several ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' made efforts in the late 16th to early 17th century to establish trade relations with Taiwan or to have "Taiwan" formally submit to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi]] or [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] authority, no messengers ever found a centralized, unified, polity or power-holder with whom to negotiate; several such messengers were attacked or even killed by local groups.

Though several ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' made efforts in the late 16th to early 17th century to establish trade relations with Taiwan or to have "Taiwan" formally submit to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi]] or [[Tokugawa shogunate|Tokugawa]] authority, no messengers ever found a centralized, unified, polity or power-holder with whom to negotiate; several such messengers were attacked or even killed by local groups.

As the [[VOC|Dutch]], [[Portuguese]], and Chinese successively set up bases or settlements on Taiwan, aboriginal groups were gradually pushed east, away from fertile plains and viable harbors, into the forested mountains.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 57-58.</ref> [[Zheng Chenggong]] and others pushed the Dutch and Portuguese out of Taiwan in the mid-17th century In the early 18th century, the [[Yongzheng Emperor]]

As the [[VOC|Dutch]], [[Portuguese]], and Chinese successively set up bases or settlements on Taiwan, aboriginal groups were gradually pushed east, away from fertile plains and viable harbors, into the forested mountains.<ref>Jonathan Spence, ''The Search for Modern China'', Second Edition, W.W. Norton & Co. (1999), 57-58.</ref> [[Zheng Chenggong]] and others pushed the Dutch and Portuguese out of Taiwan in the mid-17th century In the early 18th century, the [[Yongzheng Emperor]] set aside regions of the island exclusively for the aborigine groups, and set up provisions for [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] subjects to rent land from the aborigines, while at the same time establishing further Qing administration and settlement of the island.<ref>Spence, 85.</ref>

 

Fifty-four [[Miyako Island|Miyako]] Islanders castaway near the southern tip of Taiwan in [[1871]] were killed by members of the Paiwan people. This led to a significant diplomatic incident between the [[Meiji government]] and the [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese court over claims to Taiwan and to the [[Ryukyu Islands]]; after the Qing government declared they had no effective control over aboriginal lands (roughly, the eastern half of Taiwan) and therefore no responsibility for the attack, Japan asserted that the Qing was abdicating claims to the land, opening it up for Japan to claim that territory. The Japanese military then launched a [[1874 Taiwan Expedition|punitive mission]] in [[1874]] in which [[Imperial Japanese Army]] forces invaded and attacked aboriginal communities in retaliation for the deaths of the Miyako Islanders.

Fifty-four [[Miyako Island|Miyako]] Islanders castaway near the southern tip of Taiwan in [[1871]] were killed by members of the Paiwan people. This led to a significant diplomatic incident between the [[Meiji government]] and the [[Qing Dynasty]] Chinese court over claims to Taiwan and to the [[Ryukyu Islands]]; after the Qing government declared they had no effective control over aboriginal lands (roughly, the eastern half of Taiwan) and therefore no responsibility for the attack, Japan asserted that the Qing was abdicating claims to the land, opening it up for Japan to claim that territory. The Japanese military then launched a [[1874 Taiwan Expedition|punitive mission]] in [[1874]] in which [[Imperial Japanese Army]] forces invaded and attacked aboriginal communities in retaliation for the deaths of the Miyako Islanders.