When Ming dynasty China collapsed under the weight of internal woes and external threat from the invading Manchurians, Cheng Chen Kong led his force to Taiwan, where he used the island as a base to attempt the restoration of the Ming. But he died too young, and his son was too weak to...
After consulting with wikipedia articles on Taiwanese history, I realized that I got a lot of dates and time mismatch issues. So I am going to re-write the whole thing.
Change of ideology:
Zheng's development effort in Taiwan came to fruition as Taiwan became increasingly wealthy while population steadily increased. However, at the same time, the equally highly capable Emperor Kangxi of Ching dynasty was consolidating control over his Chinese dominion. Wu San...
An alternative history of Taiwan (pretend that you are reading a wikipedia article about Taiwanese history, the alternative version that is):
The Foundation:
The history of Taiwan as an independent kingdom with a well developed political system of administration was conceived by the collapse...