Republic of Formosa
The Republic of Formosa survived for only five months. The Japanese landed near Keelung on the northern coast of Taiwan on 29 May 1895, and in a five-month campaign swept southwards to Tainan. During the night of 4 June, on the news that the Japanese had captured Keelung, President T'ang and General Chiu fled to Tamsui, and from there sailed for the mainland on the evening of 6 June. The Japanese entered Taipei shortly afterwards.
Formosan League for Reemancipation
The league submitted a petition to the United Nations on 1 September 1948, asking the intergovernmental organization to take control of Taiwan's sovereignty and administration, thereby removing the Kuomintang from power. In 1949, Liao, as the league's leader, called for the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to occupy Formosa and the Pescadores. After the Kuomintang left Taiwan, the FLR planned to pursue one of four options for Taiwan: full independence, a UN trusteeship, US trusteeship, or a return to Japanese rule. To suppress dissent, the Kuomintang government in Taiwan jailed members of FLR and the World United Formosans for Independence. Thomas Liao moved from Hong Kong to Manila, and later Japan, in 1950, where he eventually established the Republic of Taiwan Provisional Government.