Why did ROC establish consulate general in Taipei if the KMT didn't think Taiwan was part of Japan in the 1930s?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_Communist_Party

Yup. Lasted for 3 years. Some fled Taiwan after 227 and joined the mainland to form…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_De … ent_League

This party. One of the 8 recognized parties of the PRC. 1600 members.

not unlike “Only Nixon could go to China”

Actual news article of the ROC establishing a consulate general in Taipei back on April 7th, 1931. From Taiwan Ichi Nichi Shinpō

Great find! I wish it were a little clearer so I could (try to) decode the text. But it’s clear that at the time, Taiwan was firmly Japanese and it didn’t even seem to be a sensitive issue.

for some reason I can’t connect to the Taiwan ichi nichi sinpo database today, so I can’t capture a screenshot myself. So I had to resort to gimp.

Still not very clear, but this is what I can make out of it:

[quote]昭和六年四月七日

中華民國臺北總領事館六日開館式を舉行

中華民國臺北總領事館の開館式は四月六日五前八時より開館に於て行はれ。在臺民國人出席總領事林紹南氏の…[/quote]