Republic of Formosa
The Republic of Formosa (), was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and it being taken over by Japanese troops. The Republic was proclaimed on 23 May 1895 and extinguished on 21 October, when the Republican capital Tainan was taken over by the Japanese. Though sometimes claimed as the first Asian republic to have been proclaimed, it was predated by the Lanfang Republic in Borneo, established in 1777, as well as by the Republic of Ezo in Japan, established in 1869.
Lord of Formosa
Lord of Formosa (; "Formosa lost forever; historical novel about the Dutch East India Company in Taiwan") is a 2015 English-language historical novel by Dutch author Joyce Bergvelt; its Dutch translation, which was the first version to be released, was published by Conserve; the original English version, published by Camphor Press, was released in 2018. It chronicles Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) and takes place during the period of Taiwan under Dutch rule.