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1. Taiwan

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   The history of the island involves successive waves of migration and colonization, beginning with Austronesian settlement millennia ago. Subsequent influence from China was intermittent until the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century, followed briefly by the Spanish. The island was incorporated into the Qing Dynasty in 1683. Following defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, control was ceded to the Empire of Japan, a period that lasted until the end of [World War II](…