The Republic of Formosa, officially the "Taiwan Republic," should not be confused with the proposed nation-state, "Republic of Taiwan." The Republic of Formosa (; lit. "Taiwan Democratic State"; official English name: Formosan Republic, Taiwan Republic) was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895, between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and the arrival of Japanese troops and assumption of Japanese sovereignty. Though sometimes claimed by certain historians or politicians as the first Asian republic to have been proclaimed, it was predated by the Republic of Ezo, which had been established on December 25, 1868.
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