The South China Sea's Gathering Storm

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Originally Posted by Bergerie1

And did China ever have Taiwan (Formosa that was)? Seems rather dubious according to this article.

https://unherd.com/2022/08/how-chinese-is-taiwan/

Maybe I read the wrong history, but afaik, the Chinese kicked the Dutch out of Taiwan in 1662.
Not sure they ever saw much use for it, except as a place to allow foreign barbarians to come for trade, keeping them safely away from China.