The Qing dynasty never ruled over Taiwan. It just decided oneday in 1887 “oh let’s call Taiwan a Provence”

Japan is the only country that ruled Taiwan with an iron fist and put in infrastructure education law and order etc.

So no china didn’t rule over Taiwan.

Man, will this lack of self awareness come around to bite USA hard. FWIW, WA state, of which I am a resident, only acceded to US statehood in 1889. Two years after Taiwan became a Chinese province. Before that being just a prefecture subordinated to Fokien province.

https://apps.leg.wa.gov/oralhistory/timeline_event.aspx?e=8

Site doesn’t work well on mobile so only skim read, but the it seems citizens voted to become a state.

Which is not even remotely close to what happened in Taiwan. Taiwan didn’t get to decide if it wanted to be a Provence. In 1887 other than some settlements on the west coast the majority of Taiwan was not under the rule of anyone and didn’t like the Chinese being there.

Fast forward to 2021 and the majority of Taiwan do not want to be part of china.

Also I’m not American, I’m from New Zealand and live in Taiwan.

Well, by that logic, it could belong to Japan as well as they actually ruled and educated people there --and, it was almost reverted to Japan after WWII, it was in consideration.

The Treaty of San Francisco arguably granted Taiwan independence. Then the Republic of China came.