In what followed, the Qing forces were defeated in the first Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese demanded Taiwan, and the Japanese admiral Sukenori Kabayama became Taiwan's first governor-general.
接下來，清軍甲午戰敗，日軍一口要定台灣，日本海軍將領樺山資紀也成為日治時期首位台灣總督。