Officially, they saw those who departed China and thus left the Confucian "Way of the Enlightened Ruler" as having moved outside the borders of civilization (Davison, 7). In 1603, when Spanish authorities on Luzon killed 23,000 Han Chinese who had settled in the Philippines, the Chinese imperial administration stated: "those who reside in foreign lands have all abandoned their native places in pursuit of monetary gain...
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Accordingly, they are a debased form of humanity for whom our protection is unnecessary"(7). So when thousands of Han Chinese exited to Taiwan to live under Dutch rule, mainland China was not at all overjoyed. Under the Dutch, Han Chinese immigrants gradually adapted to the environment of Taiwan. Most Han Chinese became friendly with aboriginal people, learned their languages, and intermarried with them...
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Taiwan Facts Taiwan was first settled by the Chinese in the 7th century, the island was reached by the Portuguese in 1590. It was held by the Dutch in the 1640s, and by China's Ch'ing dynasty from 1683...	1 / 213
Taipei City Research However, just recently consumers and visitors alike have been visiting and moving to China on a larger scale then Taipei. The trickle of visitors to Taipei, compared to the surge to China, is a sign of the island's overall decline in regional importance as foreigners skip Taiwan for its fast-growing neighbor across the straits...	2 / 374
Taiwan Overview To this day, China and Taiwan have argued about which country to be in control of the island (Milestones in Taiwan's History, 2006). Taiwan is a relatively small island situated in East Asia...	6 / 1499
Taiwan Politics Mr Chen, head of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (Arats), is the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit the island in almost six decades and has brought with him a delegation of more than 60 officials and business people...	2 / 339