Takou morphs into Kaohsiung The flurry of development in Taiwan that took place in the last quarter of the 19th century all came to naught, from the perspective of China's Manchu rulers, when China was forced in 1895 to cede Taiwan to Japan after being defeated in war by the latter.
台北府落成，火車才上軌道，巡撫到任不過十年，一八九五年，台灣割讓給日本。