Taiwan Under Other Modern Powers

Who Would Be Eligible To Own Taiwan

  • U.K.

    Votes: 16 50.0%
  • U.S.A.

    Votes: 7 21.9%
  • France

    Votes: 5 15.6%
  • Germany

    Votes: 4 12.5%

  • Total voters
    32
Around the 19th Century, who else could have gotten Taiwan if not the Japanese?

Britain already has Hong Kong, so Taiwan would be easy for them to take and hold (since UK held HK until 1997.)

France would be my second option with their control over Indo-china.

Germany third, but a very distant third, with their empire not being that impressive to begin with.

USA has never showed interest in Asian islands before so why start now?
 
Well Commodore Perry lobbied President Pierce to have the US take the relatively unoccupied (at the time) Formosa as an American stronghold to counter European stranglehold on trade routes.
 

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China? ;) And the French actually did occupy Taiwan IOTL's Sino-French War, but subsequently withdrew without making any territorial claims to Taiwan (satisified with Tonkin and Annam). So WI the Keelung Campaign (August 1884–April 1885) ends as a resounding strategic and tactical victory for the French ITTL, rather than a stalemate as it did IOTL (by embarking upon the Pescadores Campaign first, blocking off any potential Chinese army reinforcements)?
 
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Was Chinese control sufficiently weak that Italy -- lacking many opportunities for colonialism elsewhere, as it did -- might have managed a takeover? Perhaps as a part of some deal with France?
 
Was Chinese control sufficiently weak that Italy -- lacking many opportunities for colonialism elsewhere, as it did -- might have managed a takeover? Perhaps as a part of some deal with France?

Italy *did* attempt to play empire and seize a coastal enclave in Zhejiang for itself. They were laughed at, and in a rare success for the Chinese army, were shooed off.
 
Spain could be an option, Russia or indeed the Dutch. In fact if possible we could have Taiwan as being a surviving remnant or popular destination for White Russians... would love to see a TL about that.
 
Fort Zeelandia was a Dutch colony until the Ming arrived. So Dutch possibly French or Spanish

or indeed why not native Taiwanese control?
 
If the Spanish had taken it in the 1600's or 1700's then the US could have taken it during the ATL Spanish-American War if there was one.
 
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