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I have been reading about the American trading companies in the treaty ports of Taiwan. There were also American missionaries on the island. Lets assume that American commercial interest on the island grew to become very critical to the US trade with China. Lets assume that there a growing number of American missionaries who established schools and hospitals so that many church leaders felt that being in Taiwan was a good thing. What would be the impact if some time in the late 1800's, America purchase Taiwan from the Chinese government?